Inherit



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. 继承
• ［英］ v. 继承 ( receive property)
• ［例］ The eldest son will inherit the title.

Webster Collegiate

verb

• Etymology: Middle English enheriten to give right of inheritance to, from Anglo-French enheriter, from Late Latin inhereditare, from Latin in- + hereditas inheritance — more at heredity
• Date: 14th century
• transitive verb
  • 1. to come into possession of or receive especially as a right or divine portion <and every one who has left houses or brothers or sisters…for my name's sake, will receive a hundredfold, and inherit eternal life — Matthew 19:29 (Revised Standard Version)>
  • 2.
    • a. to receive from an ancestor as a right or title descendible by law at the ancestor's death
    • b. to receive as a devise or legacy
  • 3. to receive from a parent or ancestor by genetic transmission <inherit a defective enzyme>
  • 4. to have in turn or receive as if from an ancestor <inherited the problem from his predecessor>
• intransitive verb
  • to take or hold a possession or rights by inheritance
• ? inheritor noun
• ? inheritress or inheritrix noun

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