[N-VAR 可变名词]遗产;继承物 An inheritance is money or property which you receive from someone who has died.
She feared losing her inheritance to her stepmother.
她担心她继承的遗产会被继母夺走。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]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 .
[usu sing]
...the situation that was Truman's inheritance as President.
杜鲁门继任总统时面临的状况
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[N-SING 单数名词]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.
[also no det]
Eye colour shows your genetic inheritance.
眼睛的颜色显示你的基因遗传特征。
Oxford
in·her·it·ance/ɪnˈherɪtəns; NAmEɪnˈherɪtəns/noun1[countable , uncountable ]the money, property, etc. that you receive from sb when they die; the fact of receiving sth when sb dies 继承物(如金钱、财产等);遗产;继承◆She spent all her inheritance in a year.她在一年之内用完了所有继承的遗产。◆The title passes by inheritance to the eldest son.这一头衔按世袭传给长子。☞collocationsat
finance
2[uncountable , countable, usually singular ]something from the past or from your family that affects the way you behave, look, etc. 遗传特征;遗产◆our cultural inheritance我们的文化遗产◆Physical characteristics are determined by genetic inheritance.身体的特征取决于基因遗传。inheritanceinheritancesin·her·it·ance/ɪnˈherɪtəns; NAmEɪnˈherɪtəns/
LDC
inheritancein‧her‧i‧tance /ɪnˈherətəns/ ●○○ noun
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1[countable, uncountable] money, property etc that you receive from someone who has died: Lucinda has to fight for her life and her inheritance in this gripping novel.2[uncountable] physical or mental qualities that you inherit from your family: Our genetic inheritance cannot be changed.3[uncountable] ideas, skills, literature etc from the past that influence people in the present: ideas that have become part of our cultural inheritance
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