| 释义 |
in·her·it
\ə̇nˈherə̇t, usu -ə̇d.+V\ verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English enheriten to make heir, inherit (influenced in meaning by Middle French heriter & Latin hereditare to inherit), from Middle French enheriter to make heir, from Late Latin inhereditare, from Latin in- in- (II) + Late Latin hereditare to inherit — more at heritage
transitive verb
1. : to come into possession of : possess, receive
< power … which he inherits from the Creator himself — Eric Linklater >
2.
a. : to take by descent from an ancestor : take by inheritance : receive as a right or title descendible by law from an ancestor at his decease
b. : to be heir to : succeed
< a son inherits his father >
3.
a. : to receive by genetic transmission : derive or acquire from ancestors
< inherit a strong constitution >
b. : to have in turn or receive as if from an ancestor
< much of the girl's clothing had been inherited from the more fortunate children — Grace Metalious >
< inherited from antiquity two rather contradictory views of the organic world — S.F.Mason >
intransitive verb
: to take or hold a possession, property, estate, or rights by inheritance |