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VERB
繼承(金錢或財(cái)產(chǎn))
If you inherit money or property, you receive it from someone who has died.
例句
He has no son to inherit his land.
他沒有兒子來繼承田產(chǎn)。
...paintings that he inherited from his father.
他從父親那里繼承來的油畫
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VERB
(從前人、前任等)接過,得到
If you inherit something such as a task, problem, or attitude, you get it from the people who used to have it, for example because you have taken over their job or been influenced by them.
例句
The government inherited an impossible situation from its predecessors...
這屆政府從前任那里接過了一個(gè)非常棘手的爛攤子。
Our legal system inherited laws from the English system.
我們的司法體系沿襲了英國(guó)的法律體系。
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VERB
經(jīng)遺傳獲得(特征、特質(zhì)等)
If you inherit a characteristic or quality, you are born with it, because your parents or ancestors also had it.
例句
We inherit from our parents many of our physical characteristics...
我們的許多身體特征都是從父母那里遺傳而來的。
Her children have inherited her love of sport...
她的孩子們繼承了她對(duì)運(yùn)動(dòng)的熱愛。