词汇 | disinherit |
释义 | disinherit verb[ T ] uk /ˌdɪs.ɪnˈher.ɪt/ us /ˌdɪs.ɪnˈher.ɪt/ to prevent someone, especially a son or daughter who has made you angry, from receiving any of your property after your death: 剥夺(尤指子女)的继承权,使失去继承权 Her father said he'd disinherit her if she married Stephen.她父亲说如果她嫁给斯蒂芬就会剥夺她的财产继承权。 Compare disown Inheriting & bequeathing assign beneficiary bequeath bequest cadger co-executor heir heir apparent heiress heirless heirloom inherit inheritance legacy patrimony pond life pond scum primogeniture probate settle Examples of disinheritdisinherit But again the answer lies in easing these constraints by infrastructural support to women farmers, rather than in disinheriting them. Although gender-neutral in principle, the provision of virtually unrestricted testamentary powers can be used to disinherit potential female heirs. The success of a minority of men has been possible only through disinheriting younger men and by employing women as an unremunerated agricultural workforce. As one disinherited, he claims that legitimacy is his. The memorialist is one who has been disinherited or disenfranchised. No wonder she felt her father had disinherited her at his death in 1857. Similarly, he could neither disinherit a child from whom he had become alienated nor increase the share of a child of whom he was especially fond. Rising dowries became considerable portions of family wealth, to the extent that endowing daughters often equated to disinheriting sons (another evidence of families not being entirely male-oriented). However, for several reasons outlined below, a strengthening of women's rights only as widows is inadequate for their economic security if they continue to be disinherited as daughters. Many children are disinherited by a parent entering a care home. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The father of a family, animated it may be by some whim or caprice, can with a stroke of the pen disinherit his entire family. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 For the most part they are absolutely landless, absolutely disinherited of their share in the common gift of nature to the community. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There might be a kind of rough justice about it if the only people he can disinherit are his own children. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The real problem with social security is not lone parents: it is disinherited young men. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A testator, for utterly unjustifiable reasons, disinherits a spouse or child, and nothing happens afterwards because the will cannot be disputed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 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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