Word · CEFR C1 · Frequency #4765
inheritance
遗产；继承物
核心释义
money or property that you receive from someone who has died
- 1.
死亡时财产所有权的转移。
The passing of title to an estate upon death.
- 2.
对头衔、职位或财产的世袭继承
hereditary succession to a title or an office or property
- 3.
一个人依法或遗嘱有权继承的东西,如遗产的一部分。
That which a person is entitled to inherit, by law or testament, such as the part of an estate (i.e., a portion).
- 4.
继承物；所有者去世后依法传给继承人的头衔、财产或地产
that which is inherited; a title or property or estate that passes by law to the heir on the death of the owner
- 5.
从祖先遗传给后代的生物特征。
The biological attributes passed hereditarily from ancestors to their offspring.
- 6.
(遗传学)通过生物遗传从父母获得的特征
(genetics) attributes acquired via biological heredity from the parents
- 7.
子类实例可使用父类部分的机制。
The mechanism whereby parts of a superclass are available to instances of its subclass.
继承；遗传；遗传特征；继承（编程）；死亡时财产所有权的转移。；对头衔、职位或财产的世袭继承
用法In use
After her grandfather passed away, she received a large inheritance.
用法提示：名词，表示继承的财产。
The inheritance tax can significantly reduce the amount you pass on to your heirs.
用法提示：名词，指遗产。
Eye color is determined by genetic inheritance from your parents.
用法提示：名词，指遗传。
by inheritance
表示方式或来源，常用于医学或生物学。
The disease is transmitted by inheritance.
这种疾病通过遗传传播。
receive an inheritance
表示接受遗产，常用于法律或财务语境。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- receive an inheritance
- 接受遗产
- She was surprised to receive a large inheritance from her distant cousin.她因从远房表亲那里得到一大笔遗产而感到惊讶。
- leave an inheritance
- 留下遗产
- He worked hard to leave his children a substantial inheritance.他努力工作以给孩子们留下一大笔遗产。
- genetic inheritance
- 遗传
- Eye color is part of our genetic inheritance from our parents.眼睛的颜色是我们从父母那里获得遗传的一部分。
- inheritance tax
- 遗产税
- The government raised the inheritance tax rate for large estates.政府提高大额遗产的遗产税税率。
- claim an inheritance
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
想像‘in her it’：遗产是‘在她里面的东西’，记住inheritance里有her（她）。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：法律与继承、生物学与遗传 通常用于正式或学术语境，但在日常口语中也可指继承财产。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
The words 'acceptance' and 'attendance' share the same final stressed vowel /ɛ/ and ending /əns/ as 'inheritance'. Words like 'appearance', 'importance', 'resistance', and 'insurance' look similar (ending in '-ance') but have different vowel sounds in the stressed syllable.
用法优先级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。
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