She began her own business with the inheritance she got from her grandfather. He left sizable inheritances to his children. The buildings are part of the city's architectural inheritance. the inheritance of an estate the inheritance of a genetic trait
Recent Examples on the WebWho owned Mar-a-Lago before Trump? Charles William Post, a breakfast cereal businessman, left an inheritance of $11 million for his daughter Marjorie Merriweather Post. Merdie Nzanga, USA TODAY, 10 Aug. 2022 In the founding period and for a longer time after, many American patriots were inspired by Whig interpretations of the English constitution as a pre-Norman inheritance of limited government. Samuel Goldman, The Week, 22 Sep. 2021 There’s an inheritance of a whole continent waiting on them.Essence, 24 Aug. 2021 Like most women of her class, she was expected to marry for wealth, preside over a home, entertain socially and give birth to the sons who could guarantee the inheritance of her husband’s lands and titles. Jeanine Basinger, WSJ, 12 Aug. 2022 When Detective Benoit Blanc arrives at his estate, one thing is for sure—the entire Thrombey family who want the inheritance are all suspect. Chaise Sanders, Country Living, 2 Aug. 2022 In 2020, Felipe renounced his personal inheritance from his father after allegations emerged of financial wrongdoings. Ashifa Kassam, ajc, 26 Apr. 2022 Almost any inheritance entails profiting from the sins of the past.New York Times, 23 Nov. 2021 But Charles Darwin, who had spent his career struggling to domesticate the idea that life had emerged by a natural, gradual process, disavowed any inheritance of revolutionary or Francophile tendencies. Jessica Riskin, The New York Review of Books, 11 Mar. 2021 See More
Word History
Etymology
Middle English enheritaunce, borrowed from Anglo-French enheritance, from enheriter "to give (a person) right of inheritance, inherit" + -ance-ance
1money/property金錢;財產ADJECTIVE | VERB + INHERITANCE | INHERITANCE + NOUN | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤large大筆遺產▸➤small小額遺產▸➤rightful (literary) 合法遺產◇He accused his younger brother of trying to steal his rightful inheritance.他指責弟弟企圖竊取他合法繼承的遺產。VERB + INHERITANCE➤leave sb給某人留下遺產◇She left him an inheritance of £100 000.她給他留下了 10 萬英鎊的遺產。➤come into, get, receive獲得遺產;得到遺產◇When he was 21 he came into a large inheritance.他 21 歲時繼承了一大筆遺產。➤have有遺產◇He had a large inheritance from his parents.他有一大筆來自父母的遺產。➤enter, enter into, enter on, enter upon (allformal, oftenfigurative) 繼承遺產▸➤claim索要遺產◇When his father died, he returned to England to claim his inheritance.父親去世以後他返回英格蘭要求繼承遺產。➤lose喪失遺產INHERITANCE + NOUN➤tax遺產稅▸➤law繼承法➤rights遺產權利PREPOSITION➤inheritance by由⋯繼承遺產◇The system involved inheritance by the eldest son.這種體制採用了長子繼承制。➤inheritance through通過⋯繼承遺產◇inheritance through marriage通過婚姻繼承的遺產inheritance
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2sth from the past/your family遺產;遺傳ADJECTIVE➤common共同遺產◇The inhabitants share a common inheritance of language and culture.居民們擁有共同的語言與文化遺產。➤cultural文化遺產▸➤genetic基因遺傳