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EnglishTHE SCHOLAR'S LEXICON

inherit

/in-her-it/US // ɪnˈhɛr ɪt //UK // (ɪnˈhɛrɪt) //

继承,承袭,遗传,遗产

Related Words

derive导出,衍生,推导出,衍生出来的receive收到,收到了,收到的,收到了吗acquire获得,取得,获取,获得了obtain获得,取得,获得了,获得的succeed成功,继承,成功的,成功地take over接管,兼并,接手,接管工作accede加入,签署,签署协议get得到,获得,拿到,得come in for来就诊,来就诊的,来就诊的人,来找我的人come into进入,走进,纳入,进

Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to take or receive by succession or will, as an heir: to inherit the family business.
    • : to receive as if by succession from predecessors: the problems the new government inherited from the previous administration.
    • : to receive by the transmission of hereditary factors.
    • : to succeed as heir.
    • : to receive as one's portion; come into possession of: to inherit his brother's old clothes.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to take or receive property or the like by virtue of being heir to it.
    • : to receive qualities, powers, duties, etc., as by inheritance.
    • : to have succession as heir.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbgain as possession from someone's death
Forms: inherited
Synonyms
acquire获得,取得,获取,获得了derive导出,衍生,推导出,衍生出来的obtain获得,取得,获得了,获得的receive收到,收到了,收到的,收到了吗succeed成功,继承,成功的,成功地take over接管,兼并,接手,接管工作accede加入,签署,签署协议get得到,获得,拿到,得be bequeathed受遗赠,受赠,受遗赠的,受遗赠的是be granted被授予,被批准,获准,获得批准be left剩,留下,遗留,剩余come in for来就诊,来就诊的,来就诊的人,来找我的人come into进入,走进,纳入,进fall heir继承人,秋季继承人,秋天的继承人,继承者

Examples

  • And, all ad groups and keywords will inherit bidding from their parent campaign.

  • As he pointed out in his recent State of the City address, the budget he inherited is in trouble.

  • The psychologists who designed these tests in the early 20th century believed, incorrectly, that you inherited “intelligence” from your family and nothing you might do would change it.

  • Fortunately, Bush inherited his father’s sense of humor along with his two left feet.

  • Political corruption, economic inequality and violence are organic features of American society, and they reflect the same legacies of racism that international development inherited from the Enlightenment.

  • Simon did not expect to inherit, and in a way he never really did.

  • This demographic reality means that whoever wins the suburban vote in 2016 and beyond will inherit the political future.

  • Having said that, leadership is not a birth right that you inherit and it just keeps going.

  • It makes sense only in cultural contexts in which women breed and men inherit.

  • The anti-evolutionists were as humiliated in this performance as they were in Inherit the Wind.

  • And as a flood hath watered the earth; so shall his wrath inherit the nations, that have not sought after him.

  • They inherit from father to children, or by blood, and do not recognize one as greater than the other.

  • He will say, "Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world."

  • I have made pilgrimages and given gifts,—but there is no one to inherit my name and the traditions of my race.

  • He knew he was next-of-kin to old Charles Faversham, and would naturally think he would inherit his wealth.

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