2N-COUNT [usually singular] [oft with poss]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 . 转接物;沿袭物
...the situation that was Truman's inheritance as President.
杜鲁门继任总统时面临的状况
3N-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. 得自遗传的特征
1money/property金錢;財產ADJECTIVE | VERB + INHERITANCE | INHERITANCE + NOUN | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤large大筆遺產▸➤small小額遺產▸➤rightful (literary) 合法遺產◇He accused his younger brother of trying to steal his rightful inheritance.他指責弟弟企圖竊取他合法繼承的遺產。VERB + INHERITANCE➤leave sb給某人留下遺產◇She left him an inheritance of £100 000.她給他留下了 10 萬英鎊的遺產。➤come into, get, receive獲得遺產;得到遺產◇When he was 21 he came into a large inheritance.他 21 歲時繼承了一大筆遺產。➤have有遺產◇He had a large inheritance from his parents.他有一大筆來自父母的遺產。➤enter, enter into, enter on, enter upon (allformal, oftenfigurative) 繼承遺產▸➤claim索要遺產◇When his father died, he returned to England to claim his inheritance.父親去世以後他返回英格蘭要求繼承遺產。➤lose喪失遺產INHERITANCE + NOUN➤tax遺產稅▸➤law繼承法➤rights遺產權利PREPOSITION➤inheritance by由⋯繼承遺產◇The system involved inheritance by the eldest son.這種體制採用了長子繼承制。➤inheritance through通過⋯繼承遺產◇inheritance through marriage通過婚姻繼承的遺產inheritance
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2sth from the past/your family遺產;遺傳ADJECTIVE➤common共同遺產◇The inhabitants share a common inheritance of language and culture.居民們擁有共同的語言與文化遺產。➤cultural文化遺產▸➤genetic基因遺傳