新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

inheritIELTS重点词汇

英 [ɪnˈherɪt]

[VERB]

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VERB. 动词

inherits , inheriting , inherited
1. [T 及物动词] 继承（财产）
If you inherit money or property, you receive it from someone who has died.
双语例句
例：
He has no son to inherit his land.
他没有儿子来继承他的土地。
例：
paintings that he inherited from his father.
他从父亲那里继承下来的画作。
2. [T 及物动词] 接手 , 接任
If you inherit something such as a task, problem, or attitude, you get it from the people who used to have it, for example, because you have taken over their job or been influenced by them.
双语例句
例：
The Endara government inherited an impossibly difficult situation from its predecessors.
恩达拉政府从其前任手里接过了一个极为棘手的烂摊子。
3. [T 及物动词] 经遗传而得（特征、品质等）
If you inherit a characteristic or quality, you are born with it, because your parents or ancestors also had it.
双语例句
例：
We inherit from our parents many of our physical characteristics.
我们的许多体貌特征都是从父母的遗传中得来的。
例：
Her children have inherited her love of sports.
她的孩子们从她那里继承了对体育运动的爱好。
例：
All sufferers from asthma have inherited a gene that makes them susceptible to the disease.
所有哮喘患者都遗传了一个令他们易患上哮喘的基因。
例：
Stammering is probably an inherited defect.
口吃可能是一种遗传缺陷。

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