| 词汇 | inherit |
| 释义 | inherit verb uk /ɪnˈher.ɪt/ us /ɪnˈher.ɪt/ inheritverb (FROM DEAD PERSON)C2[ I or T ] to receive money, a house, etc. from someone after they have died: 继承 Who will inherit the house when he dies?他死后由谁继承房子？ All her children will inherit equally.她所有的子女将平分遗产。 She will inherit her father's estate when she is 21. She inherited a fortune from her grandmother.她从祖母那里继承了一大笔财产。 Would you quit your job if you inherited lots of money?假如继承了一大笔钱，你会辞掉工作吗？ He inherited the family business, but he had little interest in it and soon sold it. The chief's son would inherit all his lands and rights. Inheriting & bequeathing assign beneficiary bequeath bequest cadger co-executor executrix heir heir apparent heiress heirless inheritance legacy pass something down patrimony pond life pond scum primogeniture settle testate inheritverb (QUALITY)C2[ T ] to be born with the same physical or mental characteristics as one of your parents or grandparents: 经遗传而得 inherit something from someoneRosie inherited her red hair from her mother.罗茜那头红发遗传自她母亲。 Innate and congenital American, Italian, etc. by birthphrase birth born born and bredidiom congenital descend descend from something heritable inborn inbred inclined inheritable inheritance innately instinct instinctive instinctively instinctual native natural You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Genetics inheritverb (PROBLEM)[ T ] to begin to have responsibility for a problem or situation that previously existed or belonged to another person: 接手，承担（遗留的问题等） When I took on the job of manager, I inherited certain financial problems.我担任经理时接手了一些遗留的财务问题。 Dealing with things or people addressable approach attend to someone/something be all over it idiom beard the lion (in his/her den)idiom bed cut grip have it out with someoneidiom hold hold onidiom I/I've got thisidiom ill-prepared square tend to someone/something to get a handle on somethingidiom to have a handle on somethingidiom tough tough something out weather inherit | American Dictionaryinherit verb[ T ] us/ɪnˈher·ət/ to receive money, property, or possessions from someone after the person has died: Who will inherit the house when he dies? biology To inherit particular characteristics is to receive them from the parents through the genes (= chemical patterns). inherit | Business Englishinherit verb uk /ɪnˈherɪt/us [ I or T ] LAW, PROPERTY to receive money, property, or assets from someone who has died: All her children stand to inherit equally. inherit sth from sbShe inherited a fortune from her father when he died. [ T ] if you inherit a situation, problem, department, etc., you become responsible for dealing with it or managing it: The report showed that he inherited a $5.6 million revenue shortfall when he took over the department. inherit sth from sb/sthWhen he took office, he inherited a deficit budget from the previous administration. Examples of inheritinherit The fundamental distinction between inherited and acquired conditions has been noted. In the case of the latter, personalised labour service known as pongaje inherited from colonial times was outlawed. The man is the one who gives the family its patronym, leads the group and inherits the homestead. As a result, those who have since bought or inherited what was originally ' stolen ' land have no moral entitlement to it, legal titles notwithstanding. The colono could acquire ownership of improvements by reason of having made, bought or inherited them. The community ' inherited ' domestic utensils, furniture, and clothes, together with money and sometimes property, from the nuns' families. Such similarity not inherited from the proto-language has absolutely no bearing on the comparative method or genetic relatedness. The electoral culture inherited by the revolutionaries made no provision for declared candidates and contemporaries were equally wary of canvassing for votes. More significant was the growth of his rural estate : of the 155,000 hectares that he left at his death, only 60,000 had been inherited. Multiple inheritance is permitted, so attributes and their values can be inherited from multiple parents. With land inherited within a matrilineage, the members of the heir's lineage segment have priority, rather than his children. Although eye number is inherited, it is not heritable. In inheriting the value frames of elite rhetoric, citizens may end up endorsing values from both sides of the partisan divide. He also inherited the preference for a tough monetary stance to support sterling. Concepts are organised into a strict is-a hierarchy, so that properties are inherited from a class to its subclasses. See all examples of inherit These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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