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inherit sth
She inherited a large fortune.
她继承了一大笔财产。
继承
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继承
To receive money, property, a title, or a right from someone when they die or as a legal right.
She inherited a large fortune.
她继承了一大笔财产。
(财产、头衔等)在原主去世后通过法定继承或遗赠获得
To receive (property, a title, etc.), by legal succession or bequest after the previous owner's death.
作为权利取得(尤见于《圣经》译本)
To take possession of as a right (especially in Biblical translations).
通过遗传从祖先获得某种特征
To receive a characteristic from one's ancestors by genetic transmission.
从先前存在的人或条件中承袭而来
To derive from people or conditions previously in force.
inherit
Base
原形
inherits
3rd person
第三人称单数
inheriting
-ing
现在分词
inherited
Past
过去式
inherited
Past participle
过去分词
She inherits the family business.
她继承了家族企业。
He inherited a large fortune from his uncle.
他从叔叔那里继承了一大笔财产。
They are inheriting new traditions.
他们正在继承新的传统。
规则动词，过去式和过去分词加-ed。
She will inherit a large fortune from her grandmother.
她将从祖母那里继承一大笔财产。
The new manager inherited a team that was already well-trained.
新经理接手了一个已经训练有素的团队。
He inherited his father's blue eyes.
他遗传了父亲的蓝眼睛。
She inherited a large fortune.
她继承了一大笔财产。
He inherited the business from his father.
他从父亲那里继承了这家企业。
用于遗传特征或疾病。
The child inherited her mother's blue eyes.
这个孩子遗传了母亲的蓝眼睛。
Not this
I inherited from my father a house.
Use this
I inherited a house from my father.
汉语中常按语序说'从父亲那里继承了一所房子'，但英语中及物动词inherit的宾语紧跟动词，介词短语'from...'应放在宾语之后。
Not this
He made an inherit of the property.
Use this
He inherited the property.
inherit是动词，不可当作名词使用。'继承财产'应直接用动词inherit，而不是'make an inherit'这种英语中不存在的表达。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
继承财产
She inherited a large property from her grandmother.
她从祖母那里继承了一大笔财产。
继承一笔财富
He inherited a fortune when his uncle passed away.
他叔叔去世时他继承了一笔财富。
继承头衔
The eldest son inherits the title of duke.
长子继承公爵头衔。
遗传基因
The child inherited the gene for blue eyes from his mother.
这个孩子从他母亲那里遗传了蓝眼睛基因。
遗传特征
Many personality traits are inherited from parents.
许多性格特征是从父母那里遗传的。
继承传统
They inherited the tradition of making wine from their ancestors.
他们从祖先那里继承了酿酒的传统。
继承世界（指获得宁静繁荣的生活）
The meek shall inherit the earth.
温柔的人将继承世界。
继承衣钵（指接替重要职责）
He inherited the mantle of CEO after the founder retired.
他在创始人退休后继承了CEO的衣钵。
你继承了布莱克家族的房子。
After his godfather's death, Harry inherited an old house full of secrets.
在他的教父死后，哈利继承了一所充满秘密的老房子。
扰乱自己家庭的，必承受清风。
The phrase 'inherit the wind' is used to describe gaining nothing from one's actions.
短语'inherit the wind'用来描述从自己的行为中一无所获。
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Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
记忆：inherit 中的 'her' 指 '她的'，遗产由你继承。
通常用于正式或书面语境，多指继承遗产、职位或遗传特征，属于中性语体。
The words 'merit' and 'demerit' share the same /ɛrɪt/ ending (stressed vowel /ɛ/) and stress pattern as 'inherit'; 'spirit' is similar but with /ɪ/; 'parrot' and 'carrot' are spelling lookalikes (ending in -arrot) but pronounced with /æ/ and /ə/.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.