| 单词 | inherited |
| 释义 | inherited (once / 487 pages) adj Inherited means "handed down to you by your family." If your inherited traits include your red hair, freckles, and stubbornness, it means older people in your family also have them. Something you receive from your parents, grandparents, or other family members is inherited, whether it's a personality trait or a house in the Catskills. Some things are inherited genetically, like blue eyes, and others are inherited legally, like money or property you receive as an heir when someone dies. The Latin root is inhereditare, "to appoint as heir." The meaning changed in the 14th century to "receive, to be the heir." WORD FAMILYinherit: disinherit, inheritable, inheritance, inherited, inheriting, inheritor, inherits+/disinherit: disinheritance, disinherited, disinheriting, disinherits/disinheritance: disinheritances/inheritable: noninheritable/inheritance: inheritances/inheritor: inheritors USAGE EXAMPLESThe women’s wealth gap would be even worse without inherited fortunes. New York Times(Dec 30, 2016) Instead, she opened a small advertising business while raising her daughter, Sydney, who inherited Mom’s musical chops. New York Times(Dec 30, 2016) He’s inherited a situation where he needs results more than style points. The Guardian(Dec 29, 2016) adj occurring among members of a family usually by heredity an inherited disease Syn familial, genetic, hereditary, transmissible, transmitted heritable, inheritable capable of being inherited |
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