inheritance

1. N-VAR An inheritance is money or property that you receive from someone who has died. 繼承物; 遺産

She feared losing her inheritance to her stepmother. 她擔(dān)心她的遺産會落到繼母的手裡。

2. N-COUNT If you get something such as a job, problem, or attitude from someone who used to have it, you can refer to this as an inheritance. 轉(zhuǎn)接物; 沿襲物

...starvation and disease over much of Europe and Asia, which was Truman's inheritance as president. …在歐亞大部分地區(qū)肆虐的飢饉和疾病，這是杜魯門接任縂統(tǒng)時麪臨的狀況。

3. N-SING Your inheritance is the particular characteristics or qualities that your family or ancestors had and that you are born with. 遺傳特征

Eye colour shows more than your genetic inheritance. 眼睛的顔色顯示的不衹是你基因的遺傳特征。