单词 | birthright |
释义 | birthright (once / 2682 pages) n WORD FAMILY birthright: birthrights USAGE EXAMPLESIn our state, a free, ample and equitable education is a birthright, a civil right and our state’s paramount duty. Seattle Times(Dec 27, 2016) His optimism—his belief in progress as an American birthright, an inevitability—lifted many Americans’ spirits after two difficult decades. The New Yorker(Dec 22, 2016) Music, meanwhile, was her birthright — after all, she was the daughter of Nat King Cole, one of the most beloved singers of the 20th century. New York Times(Dec 21, 2016) 1n a right or privilege that you are entitled to at birth free public education is the birthright of every American child Hyper heritage, inheritance any attribute or immaterial possession that is inherited from ancestors 2n an inheritance coming by right of birth (especially by primogeniture) Syn|Hyper patrimony heritage, inheritance that which is inherited; a title or property or estate that passes by law to the heir on the death of the owner 3n personal characteristics that are inherited at birth Hyper heritage, inheritance any attribute or immaterial possession that is inherited from ancestors |
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