inherit

动词 v.

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To receive (property, a title, etc.), by legal succession or bequest after the previous owner's death. transitive
    — After Grandad died, I inherited the house.
  2. To receive (property, a title, etc.), by legal succession or bequest after the previous owner's death.; To come into an inheritance. intransitive,transitive
    — Lucky old Daniel – his grandfather died rich, and he's inherited.
  3. To take possession of as a right (especially in Biblical translations). transitive
    — Your descendants will inherit the earth.
  4. To receive a characteristic from one's ancestors by genetic transmission. transitive
    — Let's hope the baby inherits his mother's looks and his father's intelligence.
  5. To derive from people or conditions previously in force. transitive
    — This country has inherited an invidious class culture.
  6. To derive (existing functionality) from a superclass. transitive
    — ModalWindow inherits all the properties and methods of Window.
  7. To derive a new class from (a superclass). transitive
    — For example, the following two code segments, from different assemblies, show how easy it is to inherit a class from another assembly.
  8. To put in possession of. obsolete,transitive
    — This, or else nothing, will inherit her

词形变化

inherits present,singular,third-person inheriting participle,present inherited participle,past inherited past

词源

From Middle English enheriten, from Old French enheriter, from Late Latin inhereditare (“make heir”). Displaced native Old English ierfan.
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