inheritance
[ɪn'her.ɪ.tənts] noun countable usually singular uncountable
FROM DEAD PERSON 继承
■money or objects that someone gives you when they die 继承的遗产•The large inheritance from his aunt meant that he could buy his own boat.从姑母那里继承的大笔遗产意味着他可以给自己买艘船了。 •At twenty-one she came into her inheritance (= it was given to her).她21岁时继承了遗产。
[ɪn'her.ɪ.tənts] noun countable usually singular uncountable
QUALITY 品质
■a physical or mental characteristic inherited from your parents, or the process by which this happens 遗传特征；遗传•genetic inheritance基因遗传 •A particular gene is responsible for the inheritance of eye colour.眼睛颜色的遗传取决于特定的基因。 |