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inheritverb(FROM DEAD PERSON)C2[IorT]toreceivemoney, ahouse, etc. from someone after they havedied: 继承 Who will inherit thehousewhen hedies?他死后由谁继承房子？ All herchildrenwill inheritequally.她所有的子女将平分遗产。 - She will inherit her father'sestatewhen she is 21.
- She inherited afortunefrom hergrandmother.
- Would youquityourjobif you inheritedlotsofmoney?
- He inherited thefamilybusiness, but he had littleinterestin it andsoonsoldit.
- The chief'ssonwould inherit all hislandsandrights.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrasesInheriting & bequeathing - advance directive
- assign
- beneficiary
- bequeath
- bequest
- cadger
- execute
- executor
- heir
- heir apparent
- heiress
- inheritance
- passsomethingdown
- patrimony
- pond life
- pond scum
- primogeniture
- settle
- testament
- testate
See more results » inheritverb(QUALITY)C2[T]to bebornwith the samephysicalormentalcharacteristicsas one ofyourparentsorgrandparents: 经遗传而得 Rosie inherited herredhairfromhermother.罗茜那头红发遗传自她母亲。 SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrasesInnate and congenital - American, Italian, etc. by birthphrase
- birth
- born
- born and bredidiom
- congenital
- descend
- descend fromsomething
- heritable
- inborn
- inbred
- inclined
- inheritance
- innate
- innately
- instinct
- instinctive
- instinctively
- instinctual
- native
- natural
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: inheritverb(PROBLEM)[T]tobeginto haveresponsibilityfor aproblemorsituationthatpreviouslyexistedorbelongedto anotherperson: 接手，承担（遗留的问题等） When I took on thejobofmanager, I inheritedcertainfinancialproblems.我担任经理时接手了一些遗留的财务问题。 SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrasesDealing with things or people - attend tosomeone/something
- be all over itidiom
- beard the lion (inhis/herden)idiom
- bed
- come/get to grips withsomethingidiom
- cut
- fire
- have it out withsomeoneidiom
- hold onidiom
- I/I've got thisidiom
- ill-prepared
- jump-start
- overcome
- tough
- toughsomethingout
- turn
- turn tosomeone/something
- unprocessed
- weather
- weather the stormidiom
See more results » inherit| American Dictionarytoreceivemoney,property, or possessions from someone after thepersonhasdied: Who will inherit thehousewhen hedies? biologyTo inheritparticularcharacteristicsis toreceivethem from theparentsthrough thegenes(=chemicalpatterns). inherit| Business English[IorT]LAW,PROPERTYtoreceivemoney,property, orassetsfrom someone who hasdied: All herchildrenstandto inheritequally. inherit sth from sbShe inherited afortunefrom herfatherwhen hedied. [T]if you inherit asituation,problem,department, etc., youbecomeresponsiblefordealingwith it ormanagingit: Thereportshowedthat he inherited a $5.6 millionrevenueshortfallwhen he took over thedepartment. inherit sth from sb/sthWhen he tookoffice, he inherited adeficitbudgetfrom thepreviousadministration. Examplesofinheritinherit The fundamental distinction between inherited and acquired conditions has been noted.From theCambridge English Corpus In the case of the latter, personalised labour service known as pongaje inherited from colonial times was outlawed.From theCambridge English Corpus The man is the one who gives the family its patronym, leads the group and inherits the homestead.From theCambridge English Corpus As a result, those who have since bought or inherited what was originally ' stolen ' land have no moral entitlement to it, legal titles notwithstanding.From theCambridge English Corpus The colono could acquire ownership of improvements by reason of having made, bought or inherited them.From theCambridge English Corpus The community ' inherited ' domestic utensils, furniture, and clothes, together with money and sometimes property, from the nuns' families.From theCambridge English Corpus Such similarity not inherited from the proto-language has absolutely no bearing on the comparative method or genetic relatedness.From theCambridge English Corpus The electoral culture inherited by the revolutionaries made no provision for declared candidates and contemporaries were equally wary of canvassing for votes.From theCambridge English Corpus More significant was the growth of his rural estate : of the 155,000 hectares that he left at his death, only 60,000 had been inherited.From theCambridge English Corpus Multiple inheritance is permitted, so attributes and their values can be inherited from multiple parents.From theCambridge English Corpus With land inherited within a matrilineage, the members of the heir's lineage segment have priority, rather than his children.From theCambridge English Corpus Although eye number is inherited, it is not heritable.From theCambridge English Corpus In inheriting the value frames of elite rhetoric, citizens may end up endorsing values from both sides of the partisan divide.From theCambridge English Corpus He also inherited the preference for a tough monetary stance to support sterling.From theCambridge English Corpus Concepts are organised into a strict is-a hierarchy, so that properties are inherited from a class to its subclasses.From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |