inheritance

英 [ɪnˈherɪtəns] 美 [ɪnˈherɪtəns]

n.  继承物(如金钱、财产等); 遗产继承; 遗传特征; 遗产

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牛津词典

noun

  1. 继承物(如金钱、财产等);遗产继承
    the money, property, etc. that you receive from sb when they die; the fact of receiving sth when sb dies
    1. She spent all her inheritance in a year.
      她在一年之内用完了所有继承的遗产。
    2. The title passes by inheritance to the eldest son.
      这一头衔按世袭传给长子。
  2. 遗传特征;遗产
    something from the past or from your family that affects the way you behave, look, etc.
    1. our cultural inheritance
      我们的文化遗产
    2. Physical characteristics are determined by genetic inheritance.
      身体的特征取决于基因遗传。

柯林斯词典

  1. N-VAR 遗产;继承物
    An inheritance is money or property which you receive from someone who has died.
    1. She feared losing her inheritance to her stepmother.
      她担心她继承的遗产会被继母夺走。
  2. N-COUNT 转接物;沿袭物
    If you get something such as job, problem, or attitude from someone who used to have it, you can refer to this as an inheritance .
    1. ...the situation that was Truman's inheritance as President.
      杜鲁门继任总统时面临的状况
  3. N-SING 得自遗传的特征
    Your inheritance is the particular characteristics or qualities which your family or ancestors had and which you are born with.
    1. Eye colour shows your genetic inheritance.
      眼睛的颜色显示你的基因遗传特征。

双语例句

  1. Her father had dissipated her inheritance.
    她父亲已经挥霍掉了她继承的遗产。
  2. She feared losing her inheritance to her stepmother.
    她担心她继承的遗产会被继母夺走。
  3. Eye colour shows your genetic inheritance.
    眼睛的颜色显示你的基因遗传特征。
  4. The Duke signed away his inheritance
    公爵签字放弃继承遗产。
  5. You could also set up a trust so the children can't spend any inheritance until they are a certain age
    你也可以设立财产信托,这样孩子们只有达到一定年龄才能动用遗产。
  6. The poor child was cheated out of his inheritance by a dishonest lawyer.
    这个可怜的孩子被一个狡猾的律师骗去了遗产。
  7. Recently John has entered on an inheritance.
    最近约翰继承了一笔遗产。
  8. Instead of civil suits or modest inheritance and divorce cases, they are eager to undertake lucrative notarial work for new companies, real estate firms and the like.
    对于大量的民事诉讼,如家庭纠纷、家庭小额遗产以及离婚等等,律师不愿意去做,他们更愿意做上市公司见证和房地产等赚钱的经济案件。
  9. It is obviously autosomal dominant inheritance according to the pedigree.
    由于第一代病例仅为右眼虹膜缺损,故较支持中胚层迷走发育的理论。
  10. No sooner had the father died than the sons and daughters started to quarrel over the inheritance.
    父亲刚咽气,子女们就争开了遗产。
  11. Children born out of wedlock enjoy the same right of inheritance as children born in lawful wedlock.
    非婚生子女享有与婚生子女同等的继承权。
  12. This became the inheritance of Joseph's descendants.
    这就作了约瑟子孙的产业。
  13. I have determination, strength, loyalty and a love of adventure. This is my inheritance.
    我所拥有的决心、力量、忠诚和对冒险的热爱就是我继承到的遗产。
  14. These types of inheritance are very common in OO analysis, design, and programming.
    这些类型的继承在OO分析、设计和编程中极为普遍。
  15. Inheritance allows you to reuse and customize existing code inside a new class.
    继承允许您在新的类中重用和自定义现有的代码。
  16. This article provided an overview of OOP in JavaScript and explored the prototypical and classical inheritance models.
    本文提供了JavaScript中的OOP概述,探讨了原型继承模型和典型继承模型。
  17. This installment contrasted the two styles of code reuse: coupling via inheritance and composition via parameters.
    本文对两种代码重用进行了比较:通过继承实现的耦合和通过参数实现的组合。
  18. Using this technique, I get most of the benefits of inheritance.
    使用这种技术,我获得了继承的诸多益处。
  19. I was thinking of the inheritance of property.
    我考虑的是财产的继承。
  20. Therefore, the study of Henan folk clay toys, inheritance, variation and development is necessary.
    因此,研究河南民间泥塑玩具的传承、变异和发展是十分必要的。
  21. Materialism is the philosophy and the social system in general and specific, and inheritance and development of unity.
    社会系统哲学与唯物史观是一般与具体和继承与发展统一。
  22. You forfeited your rights to the inheritance.
    你就丧失了获得遗产的权利。
  23. This article analyzes Toni Morrison's inheritance and reconstruction of novel creating art of infanticide matrix in Beloved.
    本文分析了托尼?莫里森在《宠儿》中对传统杀婴母题小说艺术的继承和重构。
  24. The law of inheritance also proves the observance of this rule.
    继承权也证实了这一准则。
  25. They also conserve the culture and inheritance specific to their country's civilization.
    也保护本国文明所特有的文化和遗产。
  26. Systems of inheritance and land rights, affecting the distribution of power and material goods within families;
    继承体系和土地权,这会影响到家庭内部的权力和物质分配;
  27. Women enjoy the same rights of possession and inheritance of family property as men.
    中国妇女与男子一样获得了家庭财产的所有权和继承权。
  28. The folk customs in this period were characterized by inheritance, development and innovation.
    同时,宋辽金元时期民俗的发展是以继承、发展和创新为主要特征的。
  29. Of equal importance, changes in inheritance laws have given women property rights.
    同样重要的是,继承法的修改赋予了妇女财产权。
  30. They tracked the inheritance of this variant from parent to child in families with a history of bipolar disorder.
    他们跟踪研究了有躁郁症病史的家庭中带有这种变体的父母和孩子之间的遗传情况。

同义词辨析

  heritage inheritance legacy【导航词义:遗产】

  heritage n. 遗产

〔辨析〕指国家、社会等长期形成的历史、传统和特色,涵盖文化、语言、建筑等多个方面。

〔例证〕
the cultural heritage of France
法国的文化遗产
People are gradually realizing the importance of preserving national heritage.
人们正逐渐意识到保护民族遗产的重要性。

  inheritance n. 继承物,遗产

〔辨析〕指从逝者那里得到的钱财等,也指仍对人们有影响的思想、文学等。

〔例证〕
He feared losing his inheritance to his elder brother.
他担心他继承的遗产会被哥哥夺走。
Confucian ideas have become part of our cultural inheritance.
儒家思想已成为我们文化遗产的一部分。

  legacy n. 遗产;遗留

〔辨析〕指从逝者那里继承得到的钱财等,也指历史(如文化、传统、战争等)的遗留影响或问题。

〔例证〕
He received a small legacy from his grandfather.
他从祖父那里继承了一小笔遗产。
The Greeks have a rich legacy of literature.
希腊人有丰富的文学遗产。
The war left a legacy of destruction and hatred.
这场战争留下的是破坏和仇恨。

英英释义

noun

  1. hereditary succession to a title or an office or property

      Synonym:    heritage

    1. any attribute or immaterial possession that is inherited from ancestors
      1. my only inheritance was my mother's blessing
      2. the world's heritage of knowledge

      Synonym:    heritage

    2. (genetics) attributes acquired via biological heredity from the parents

        Synonym:    hereditary pattern

      1. that which is inherited

          Synonym:    heritage