Word · Frequency #8780
hereditary
遗传的；家族遗传性的
Of a disease or trait: passed from a parent to a child through genes; occurring among members of a family by heredity.
- 1.
Passed on as an inheritance, by last will or intestate.
依遗嘱或无遗嘱作为遗产传承的
- 2.
occurring among members of a family usually by heredity
通常由遗传在家族成员间发生
- 3.
Of a title, honor or right: legally granted to somebody's descendant after that person's death.
(头衔、荣誉或权利)依法在某人死后授予其子孙的
- 4.
inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent
依据既定(常为法律)继承规则可继承或可遗传的
- 5.
Of a person: holding a legally hereditary title or rank.
(人)持有法定世袭头衔或等级的
- 6.
Of a disease or trait: passed from a parent to offspring in the genes.
(疾病或特征)由父母经基因传给后代的
- 7.
Of a ring: such that all submodules of projective modules over the ring are also projective.
(环)其所有投射模的子模也都是投射模的
- 8.
Of a property of graphs: such that if G has the property, so must every induced subgraph of G.
(图的性质)若G具有,其每个诱导子图也具有
可继承的；依法律继承的；世袭的；有世袭身份的；（代数）遗传的；（图论）遗传的；依遗嘱或无遗嘱作为遗产传承的
In use
He suffers from a hereditary disease that runs in his family.
The throne is hereditary, passed from father to son.
Some genetic traits are hereditary, like eye color.
hereditary monarchy
hereditary + noun
常见搭配，表示遗传性或世袭性名词
a hereditary disease
一种遗传病
be hereditary
系表结构，用于描述头衔、职位等
The title is hereditary.
这个头衔是世袭的。
hereditary in + noun
指明遗传或世袭的范围
Connections
Collocations
- hereditary disease
- 遗传病
- The family has a history of hereditary disease.这个家族有遗传病史。
- hereditary title
- 世袭头衔
- He inherited the hereditary title from his father.他从父亲那里继承了世袭头衔。
- hereditary monarchy
- 世袭君主制
- The country abolished its hereditary monarchy in the 20th century.该国在20世纪废除了世袭君主制。
- hereditary trait
- 遗传特征
- Blue eyes are a hereditary trait in their family.蓝眼睛是他们家族的一个遗传特征。
- hereditary succession
- 世袭继承
- The law governs the hereditary succession of the throne.法律规定了王位的世袭继承。
Pop culture & quotes
Learner notes
Memory Tip
遗传（hereditary）像‘祖传’的‘贺礼’，世袭传承。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：biology、law、medicine、family 该词常用于正式语境（如法律、生物学），但在日常谈论家族遗传特征时也较常见，因此register选择mixed。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词以相同的 -tary 结尾拼写，且后缀发音相似（/tɛri/ 或 /teri/），但由于重音位置不同（hereditary 的重音在第二个音节），它们并非完全押韵。请注意，hereditary 的发音为 /hɝˈɛdətɛri/，而后缀之前的音节发音不同。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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