inheritance
英 [ɪnˈherɪtəns] 美 [ɪnˈhɛrɪtəns]

n.

继承；遗传；遗产；

变形

复数：inheritances

英英释义

inheritance[ in'heritəns ]

• n.
  • hereditary succession to a title or an office or property

    同义词：heritage

  • that which is inherited; a title or property or estate that passes by law to the heir on the death of the owner

    同义词：heritage

  • (genetics) attributes acquired via biological heredity from the parents

    同义词：hereditary pattern

  • any attribute or immaterial possession that is inherited from ancestors

    "my only inheritance was my mother's blessing"

    同义词：heritage

词组短语

inheritance tax[美]遗产税，继承税

inheritance hierarchy继承层次；继承体系；继承阶层架构

autosomal dominant inheritance常染色体显性遗传

inheritance law继承法

mendelian inheritance[生]孟德尔氏遗传

maternal inheritance母体遗传

更多收起词组短语

同近义词辨析

inheritance, legacy

inheritance遗留下来的物品，偏重于具体的东西

legacy遗产，偏于精神方面等；

双语例句

用作名词(n.)

1. He entered on his inheritance when he was 21.
   他21岁时继承了财产。
2. Her blue eyes were a paternal inheritance.
   她的蓝眼睛是她父亲遗传给她的。
3. On the maternal side his inheritance was a happy one.
   他从母方接受的遗传是良好的。
4. The inheritance kept them afloat for years.
   遗产使他们好多年免于经济困难。
5. He renounced his claim to the inheritance.
   他声明放弃对遗产的要求。
6. A dispute over an inheritance forty or fifty years ago led to a family feud which exists to this day.
   四五十年前两家为继承财产发生纠葛结下的宿仇持续至今。
7. Don Fabrizio, Prince of Salina, sees his new rich neighbours snapping up parcels of land from destitute nobles, and knows that his own inheritance is going to ruin.
   萨利纳亲王看到他那有钱的新邻居抢购穷困的贵族的土地，也明白了他自己的继承物将被损坏。

权威例句

Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man.
Inheritance of alcohol abuse. Cross-fostering analysis of adopted men
Priority Inheritance Protocols: An Approach to Real-Time Synchronization
Priority Inheritance Protocols: An Approach to Real-Time Synchronization
The inheritance of liability to certain diseases, estimated from the incidence among relatives
Canalization of development and the inheritance of acquired characters
Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man (OMIM), a knowledgebase of human genes and genetic disorders.
Ribosomal DNA spacer-length polymorphisms in barley: mendelian inheritance, chromosomal location, and population dynamics
Ribosomal DNA spacer-length polymorphisms in barley: Mendelian inheritance, chromosomal location, and population dynamics
Alpha-thalassaemia in association with beta-thalassaemia patients in Malaysia: a study on the co-inheritance of both disorders.