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