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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。
遗产；继承物
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
遗产；继承物
money or property that you receive from someone who has died
The disease is transmitted by inheritance.
这种疾病通过遗传传播。
死亡时财产所有权的转移。
The passing of title to an estate upon death.
对头衔、职位或财产的世袭继承
hereditary succession to a title or an office or property
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).
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
After her grandfather passed away, she received a large inheritance.
她祖父去世后，她继承了一大笔遗产。
The inheritance tax can significantly reduce the amount you pass on to your heirs.
遗产税会大大减少你传给继承人的金额。
Eye color is determined by genetic inheritance from your parents.
眼睛颜色是由父母的遗传基因决定的。
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。
表示接受遗产，常用于法律或财务语境。
She received a large inheritance from her grandmother.
她从祖母那里继承了一大笔遗产。
强调遗产的来源。
This house is an inheritance from my parents.
这所房子是我父母留下的遗产。
表示抽象事物的继承，如职位、特质等。
The inheritance of leadership duties was unexpected.
领导职责的继承出乎意料。
Not this
The Great Wall is part of our cultural inheritance.
Use this
The Great Wall is part of our cultural heritage.
将'inheritance'用于文化传承是错误的；'inheritance'主要指财产或头衔的继承，而文化传承应用'heritage'。
Not this
She inheritance a large fortune from her grandfather.
Use this
She inherited a large fortune from her grandfather.
'inheritance'是名词，不能用作动词；表达'继承'应用动词'inherit'。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
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。
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。
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。
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。
要求继承遗产
The long-lost relative appeared to claim his inheritance.
那位失散已久的亲戚出现以要求继承他的遗产。
Use inheritance naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
想像‘in her it’：遗产是‘在她里面的东西’，记住inheritance里有her（她）。
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。
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.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, OCTANOVE, WIKTIONARY.