| 单词 | inherit |
| 释义 | inherit (ɪnherɪt ) Word forms: inherits , inheriting , inherited 1. verb If you inherit money or property, you receive it from someone who has died. He has no son to inherit his land. [VERB noun] ...paintings that he inherited from his father. [VERB noun + from] ...people with inherited wealth. [VERB-ed] Synonyms: be left, come into, be willed, accede to 2. verb 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. The government inherited an impossible situation from its predecessors. [VERB noun + from] Our legal system inherited laws from the English system. [VERB noun from noun] ...the inherited wisdoms contained in its social hierarchy. [VERB-ed] Synonyms: take over, take on, acquire, take up 3. verb If you inherit a characteristic or quality, you are born with it, because your parents or ancestors also had it. We inherit many of our physical characteristics from our parents. [VERB noun + from] Her children have inherited her love of sport. [VERB noun] Stammering is probably an inherited defect. [VERB-ed] Collocations: inherit a disease We will need some kind of safety net for the few who are likely to inherit a disease. Times, Sunday Times She was told that he had inherited the disease through a recessive gene that she had been carrying all her life without knowing it. Times, Sunday Times She soon learned that two of her three sons had inherited her disease. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Nationalist politics in 1898 was 'all about commemoration', and in particular about who was to inherit the legacy of the 1798 and 1848 rebellions. The Times Literary Supplement He had inherited a legacy of problems and challenges, including the freed foreign prisoner scandal, backlogs in failed asylum seekers and the terror threat. Times, Sunday Times He inherited the legacy of political activity from his family. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Yes, he inherited a mess, one exacerbated by a pandemic. Times,Sunday Times Yes, the chancellor inherited a mess of an economy and, despite his misses, has made progress on the deficit-cutting front. Times, Sunday Times I inherited a mess with people looking after their own fiefdoms. Times, Sunday Times Up to the line, the coalition has a chance of reminding us that it inherited this mess. Times, Sunday Times For many of them, the value has grown over the years and is only realised when they come to downsize or the property is inherited and sold. The Sun (2016) This stepped up basis greatly reduced taxes on the sale of inherited property. Christianity Today (2000) Previously, only the eldest son could inherit property. Times, Sunday Times (2008) You inherit a team, you don't choose a team. The Sun He inherited a team closely associated with the extraordinary growth of the company that had spanned the previous decade. Times, Sunday Times When he walked through the door, he inherited a team not even sure of a play-off place. The Sun Sure, he inherited a team which has an overwhelming array of talent in every department. The Sun The 46-year-old saved them from relegation last season after inheriting the team in a similar position 12 months previously. Times, Sunday Times As the eldest son, the chancellor will inherit this title. Times, Sunday Times I wonder if he might campaign for her to inherit the title? Times, Sunday Times She did not inherit her title. Times, Sunday Times You can inherit a title and then win an election among a few dozen other members of the nobility. Times, Sunday Times His descendants would inherit the title for around two centuries. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He hoped that he wouldn't inherit this trait when he got old. Times, Sunday Times Sometimes people are born with gray hair because they inherit the trait. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Inherited traits such as appearance, intelligence and personality would not be influenced. Times, Sunday Times And like most inherited traits, sharpness of the sense of smell varies. The Scientist The key issue was whether her calves would inherit her traits. Times, Sunday Times The privilege guaranteed their right to buy, sell, exchange, gift, and inherit land. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He inherited land and money so didn't have to work. Times, Sunday Times He also inherits land rights, cattle and material possessions. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He inherited land and property from his father. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He inherited land and bought more starting in 1833. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 But people who have inherited money look at it differently from those who have made it. Times, Sunday Times (2016) Or do you think inheriting money is a bad thing and plan to do something else with your assets? Times, Sunday Times (2017) Enid Markhampton tells me Dido has a private income and Stephen inherited money from a rich uncle. ABSOLUTE TRUTHS Can he inherit his mantle? Times, Sunday Times Again, maybe he needed to inherit the mantle earlier. Times, Sunday Times He had a pampered childhood; his father raised him to inherit his mantle and made him a brigadier general at the age of eighteen. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The war council was determined to abolish absolutism and the right to inherit the throne, but was willing to acknowledge her as an elected monarch. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A malik could inherit the throne or be appointed by the nobles and military commanders. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Knowing that he will be unable to inherit the throne of his own country, he concocts a scheme to usurp the throne of another kingdom through marriage. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 After he inherited the throne, he reformed the administration on an absolutist basis. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Rulers thus inherited the throne based on their age, not on their degree of proximity. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He inherited money a few years ago with which he paid off his mortgage. Times, Sunday Times Building on inherited money, he invested in a string of esoteric tech companies (wireless remote-control devices, sonar systems). Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Their pensions and various modest pots of inherited money and property gave them relatively comfortable retirements. Times, Sunday Times He eventually inherited money and titles, but in his early years had no such expectations. Times, Sunday Times She inherited money and decided to 'write'. The Times Literary Supplement This stepped up basis greatly reduced taxes on the sale of inherited property. Christianity Today People who inherited property in the subsequent three tax years could also claim huge rebates. Times, Sunday Times Acquiring an inherited property or piece of land gives you a 'major interest' in a residential property. Times, Sunday Times Another swathe inherited property, which they then rented out. Times, Sunday Times This includes buy-to-let properties, business premises, land and inherited property. Times, Sunday Times A strong family history may suggest an inherited tendency. Times,Sunday Times This could be indicate an inherited tendency for high blood pressure or high cholesterol. Times, Sunday Times Probably one of the pair (or both) also has an inherited tendency to nest early. Times, Sunday Times He rejected the penal substitution doctrine of the atonement, and wanted to move his denomination away from its inherited tendency to a narrow evangelical stance, towards a social gospel. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 For example, sunlight exposure has a much stronger influence on skin cancer risk in fair-skinned humans than in individuals with an inherited tendency to darker skin. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 There are ways in which inherited wealth can benefit wider society, too: we have a son who is a research scientist living abroad. Times, Sunday Times (2017) Just as poverty produces its own pathologies, so too does inherited wealth. Times, Sunday Times (2008) To tackle this, he proposes among other things a confiscatory global tax on inherited wealth. Times, Sunday Times (2014) I came from a very different stable - Glasgow petty bourgeoisie with no inherited wealth. Times, Sunday Times (2008) As if only those of upstanding character are bestowed with that other class of lottery win, inherited wealth. Times, Sunday Times (2013) Translations: Chinese: 继承 Japanese: 相続する |
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