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inherit vt.继承,遗传而得 When you are talking about property, inherit is always used to describe something you get after someone else has died. However, there doesn't have to be a death involved to use the word inherit. When you start a new job, you might inherit less than pleasant tasks from the person who had the job before you. You might also quickly inherit their desire to find a new place to work. ★★☆☆☆ 2009.2

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[in'herit] When your grandmother dies, you might inherit her tea set. Regardless of her death, you might inherit her sense of humor or rather large nose. To inherit is to receive from a predecessor. Yet most ancestry testing only considers a single lineage, either the Y chromosome inherited through men in a father's line or mitochondrial DNA, which a passed down only from mothers. 1[VERB 动词]继承(金钱或财产) If you inherit money or property, you receive it from someone who has died.   [V n]  [V n from n]  [V-ed]He has no son to inherit his land.他没有儿子来继承田产。...paintings that he inherited from his father.他从父亲那里继承来的油画...people with inherited wealth.继承了财富的人2[VERB 动词](从前人、前任等)接过，得到 If you inherit something such as a task, problem, or attitude, you get it from the people who used to have it, for example because you have taken over their job or been influenced by them.   [V n from n]  [V-ed]The government inherited an impossible situation from its predecessors...这届政府从前任那里接过了一个非常棘手的烂摊子。Our legal system inherited laws from the English system.我们的司法体系沿袭了英国的法律体系。...the inherited wisdoms contained in its social hierarchy.社会等级划分中所包含的传承下来的智慧3[VERB 动词]经遗传获得(特征、特质等) If you inherit a characteristic or quality, you are born with it, because your parents or ancestors also had it.   [V n from n]  [V n]  [V-ed]We inherit from our parents many of our physical characteristics...我们的许多身体特征都是从父母那里遗传而来的。Her children have inherited her love of sport...她的孩子们继承了她对运动的热爱。Stammering is probably an inherited defect.口吃很可能是一种遗传性缺陷。

英语单词	inherit
英美音标	[in'herit]
中文释义	vt.继承,遗传而得
vocab简明	When your grandmother dies, you might inherit her tea set. Regardless of her death, you might inherit her sense of humor or rather large nose. To inherit is to receive from a predecessor.
vocab扩展	When you are talking about property, inherit is always used to describe something you get after someone else has died. However, there doesn't have to be a death involved to use the word inherit. When you start a new job, you might inherit less than pleasant tasks from the person who had the job before you. You might also quickly inherit their desire to find a new place to work.
真题原句	Yet most ancestry testing only considers a single lineage, either the Y chromosome *inherited* through men in a father's line or mitochondrial DNA, which a passed down only from mothers.
柯林斯星级	★★☆☆☆
柯林斯解释	1 [VERB 动词]继承(金钱或财产) If you inherit money or property, you receive it from someone who has died. [V n] [V n from n] [V-ed] He has no son to inherit his land. 他没有儿子来继承田产。 ...paintings that he inherited from his father. 他从父亲那里继承来的油画 ...people with inherited wealth. 继承了财富的人 2 [VERB 动词](从前人、前任等)接过，得到 If you inherit something such as a task, problem, or attitude, you get it from the people who used to have it, for example because you have taken over their job or been influenced by them. [V n from n] [V-ed] The government inherited an impossible situation from its predecessors... 这届政府从前任那里接过了一个非常棘手的烂摊子。 Our legal system inherited laws from the English system. 我们的司法体系沿袭了英国的法律体系。 ...the inherited wisdoms contained in its social hierarchy. 社会等级划分中所包含的传承下来的智慧 3 [VERB 动词]经遗传获得(特征、特质等) If you inherit a characteristic or quality, you are born with it, because your parents or ancestors also had it. [V n from n] [V n] [V-ed] We inherit from our parents many of our physical characteristics... 我们的许多身体特征都是从父母那里遗传而来的。 Her children have inherited her love of sport... 她的孩子们继承了她对运动的热爱。 Stammering is probably an inherited defect. 口吃很可能是一种遗传性缺陷。
来源	2009.2

Inherit Ed [V N Verb 动词 [V Ed Receive