inheritance
gb/ɪnhˈɛɹɪtəns/ us/ɪnhˈɛɹɪtəns/
B1
Anh
~ 4600
Các nghĩa
0 nghĩa
Danh từ
B1
entity
1
assets from a deceased person
Money or things you get when someone in your family dies.
Mẫu sử dụng:
receive [an/the] inheritance
Lỗi thường gặp:
Learners sometimes confuse 'inheritance' (the thing received) with 'to inherit' (the action).
Từ đồng nghĩa
bequest (More formal; usually refers to a specific item or sum of money left in a will.)
|
legacy (Can mean the same as inheritance but often used for non-material things too.)
Từ trái nghĩa
debt (Opposite in the sense of financial burden rather than gain.)
Cụm từ đi kèm
leave an inheritance
|receive an inheritance
|inheritance tax
|share of the inheritance
Chủ đề
law
|family
|finance
|core_vocabulary
Ví dụ
- She received a large inheritance from her grandmother.
- The inheritance included a house and several acres of land.
- His inheritance was divided equally among all the children.
Ví dụ cho người học
- I got an inheritance from my uncle.
- Her inheritance was a small house.
- They will share the inheritance.
Danh từ
technical
B2
event
2
genetic transmission of traits
The way parents pass their physical traits to their children.
Lỗi thường gặp:
Learners may confuse 'inheritance' in genetics with material possessions from someone who has died.
Từ đồng nghĩa
heredity (Scientific term for passing traits through genes.)
Từ trái nghĩa
acquired characteristics (Traits gained during life, not inherited genetically.)
Cụm từ đi kèm
genetic inheritance
|inheritance pattern
|inheritance of traits
Chủ đề
science
|biology
|health
Ví dụ
- Eye color is determined by genetic inheritance.
- Scientists study inheritance to understand diseases.
- Some diseases are caused by faulty inheritance of genes.
Ví dụ cho người học
- Height is part of our inheritance.
- We get our hair color from inheritance.
- Inheritance can cause some health problems.
Danh từ
technical
B2
relation
3
object-oriented code reuse mechanism
In computer programming, when one type of object gets features from another type.
Lỗi thường gặp:
Learners may confuse 'inheritance' in programming with its legal meaning.
Từ đồng nghĩa
subclassing (Programming term for creating a class based on another class.)
Từ trái nghĩa
composition (Alternative to inheritance in programming design.)
Cụm từ đi kèm
class inheritance
|multiple inheritance
|inheritance hierarchy
Chủ đề
technology
|computing
|education
Ví dụ
- Inheritance allows code reuse between related classes.
- Multiple inheritance is supported in some programming languages.
- They redesigned the software to reduce deep inheritance hierarchies.
Ví dụ cho người học
- Inheritance helps programmers reuse code.
- Some languages do not allow multiple inheritance.
- We use inheritance to make new classes.
Ngữ pháp
Dạng từ điển
inheritance
IPA
GB/ɪnhˈɛɹɪtəns/
US/ɪnhˈɛɹɪtəns/
Âm tiết và trọng âm
in - her - it - ance (4 âm tiết)
Stress on 2nd syllable (her)
Các dạng từ
Noun
- Base: inheritance
- Plural: inheritance, inheritances
Họ từ
Forms
inheritances
noun
Related words
inheritor
noun
heirloom
noun
Negative and opposite forms
disinherit
verb
Advanced or less common
Cách diễn đạt
inheritance tax
1/ɪnhˈɛɹɪtəns tˈæks/
fixed phrase
tax on inherited assets
A tax you pay on money or things you get when someone dies.
Ví dụ
- The country imposes a high inheritance tax.
- She had to pay inheritance tax on the property she received.
leave an inheritance
1/lˈiv ən ɪnhˈɛɹɪtəns/
fixed phrase
give assets after death
To arrange for someone to get your money or things after you die.
Ví dụ
- They want to leave an inheritance for their children.
- My grandfather left an inheritance to all his grandchildren.
receive an inheritance
1/ɹɪsˈiv ən ɪnhˈɛɹɪtəns/
fixed phrase
get assets after someone's death
To get money or things when someone dies and leaves them to you.
Ví dụ
- She received an inheritance from her aunt last year.
- He was surprised to receive an inheritance from a distant cousin.