inheritance
gb/ɪnhˈɛɹɪtəns/ us/ɪnhˈɛɹɪtəns/
B1
英语
~ 4600
义项
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名词
B1
entity
1
assets from a deceased person
Money or things you get when someone in your family dies.
用法模式：
receive [an/the] inheritance
常见错误：
Learners sometimes confuse 'inheritance' (the thing received) with 'to inherit' (the action).
近义词
bequest (More formal; usually refers to a specific item or sum of money left in a will.)
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legacy (Can mean the same as inheritance but often used for non-material things too.)
反义词
debt (Opposite in the sense of financial burden rather than gain.)
搭配
leave an inheritance
|receive an inheritance
|inheritance tax
|share of the inheritance
主题
law
|family
|finance
|core_vocabulary
例句
- 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.
学习者例句
- I got an inheritance from my uncle.
- Her inheritance was a small house.
- They will share the inheritance.
名词
technical
B2
event
2
genetic transmission of traits
The way parents pass their physical traits to their children.
常见错误：
Learners may confuse 'inheritance' in genetics with material possessions from someone who has died.
近义词
heredity (Scientific term for passing traits through genes.)
反义词
acquired characteristics (Traits gained during life, not inherited genetically.)
搭配
genetic inheritance
|inheritance pattern
|inheritance of traits
主题
science
|biology
|health
例句
- Eye color is determined by genetic inheritance.
- Scientists study inheritance to understand diseases.
- Some diseases are caused by faulty inheritance of genes.
学习者例句
- Height is part of our inheritance.
- We get our hair color from inheritance.
- Inheritance can cause some health problems.
名词
technical
B2
relation
3
object-oriented code reuse mechanism
In computer programming, when one type of object gets features from another type.
常见错误：
Learners may confuse 'inheritance' in programming with its legal meaning.
近义词
subclassing (Programming term for creating a class based on another class.)
反义词
composition (Alternative to inheritance in programming design.)
搭配
class inheritance
|multiple inheritance
|inheritance hierarchy
主题
technology
|computing
|education
例句
- Inheritance allows code reuse between related classes.
- Multiple inheritance is supported in some programming languages.
- They redesigned the software to reduce deep inheritance hierarchies.
学习者例句
- Inheritance helps programmers reuse code.
- Some languages do not allow multiple inheritance.
- We use inheritance to make new classes.
语法
词典原形
inheritance
IPA
GB/ɪnhˈɛɹɪtəns/
US/ɪnhˈɛɹɪtəns/
音节与重音
in - her - it - ance （4 个音节）
Stress on 2nd syllable (her)
词形变化
Noun
- Base: inheritance
- Plural: inheritance, inheritances
词族
Forms
inheritances
noun
Related words
inheritor
noun
heirloom
noun
Negative and opposite forms
disinherit
verb
Advanced or less common
相关表达
inheritance tax
1/ɪnhˈɛɹɪtəns tˈæks/
fixed phrase
tax on inherited assets
A tax you pay on money or things you get when someone dies.
例句
- 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.
例句
- 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.
例句
- She received an inheritance from her aunt last year.
- He was surprised to receive an inheritance from a distant cousin.