inherit

英 [ɪn'herɪt] 美 [ɪn'herɪt]

• v. 继承；遗传

双解释义

v. (动词)

1. vt. & vi. 继承

   receive (property, a title, etc.) left by sb who has died

详尽释义

v. 动词

1. 继承（财产）
2. 经遗传而获得
3. 成为财产的继承人
4. 获得性格的遗传
5. 接受遗产
6. 成为继承人
7. 由上一代得到
8. 秉承
9. 接替
10. 继任
11. 经遗传获得接替
12. 原义
13. 遗传
14. 继承遗产
15. 遗传

英英释义

Verb:

1. obtain from someone after their death;

   "I inherited a castle from my French grandparents"
   

2. receive from a predecessor;

   "The new chairman inherited many problems from the previous chair"
   

3. receive by genetic transmission;

   "I inherited my good eyesight from my mother"
   

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. The eldest son will inherit the title.
   长子将继承爵位。
2. She inherited a house from her father.
   她从她父亲那儿继承了一所房子。
3. The two children both inherit left-handedness from their parents.
   这两个孩子都从父母身上遗传了左撇子。

常见句型

用作动词 (v.)

用作不及物动词

S+～(+A)

1. If he dies without making a will, his closest relative will inherit.
   如果他没有立下遗嘱就去世了,他的至亲将成为其继承人。

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron.

1. He intended that his son should inherit his business.
   他打算让他的儿子继承他的生意。
2. He mused over what he would do if he were suddenly to inherit a million dollars.
   他胡思乱想如果他忽然继承了100万美元,他会怎么办。

经典引文

• Good master, what shall I doe to inherit eternall life?

  出自：Bible (AV): Luke

常用短语

用作动词 (v.)

inherit from (v.+prep.)

从…继承…; 从…得到… gain sth from sb
inherit sth from sb
I inherited this ring from my grandmother.

我从祖母那里继承了这个戒指。
We think that Mary inherits her blue eyes from her father.

我们认为玛丽的蓝眼睛是她父亲遗传的。

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

• inherit a fortune 继承财产
• inherit one's father (子)承父业
• inherit sb's job 接某人的班,接替某人的工作

～+副词

• inherit legally 合法继承

～+介词

• inherit from 从…继承…,从…得到…

词源解说

• ☆ 直接源自晚期拉丁语的inhereditare，意为继承。

近反义词

【近义词】

• receive 接到
• come into 进入
• accede to 答应
• succeed to 接续
• take over 接收
• get 得到
• obtain 获得
• come 来
• into 到 ... 里