inheritance
noun /ɪnˈherɪtəns/
/ɪnˈherɪtəns/
- [countable, uncountable] the money, property, etc. that you receive from somebody when they die; the fact of receiving something when somebody dies
继承物(如金钱、财产等);遗产;继承 - She spent all her inheritance in a year.
她在一年之内花光了所有继承的遗产。 - The title passes by inheritance to the eldest son.
这一头衔按世袭传给长子。 - She came into (= received) her inheritance at eighteen.
她十八岁时继承了遗产。
Collocations FinanceFinance Income财务 收入 - earn money/cash/(informal) a fortune/the minimum wage/a living wage
- make money/a fortune/(informal) a killing on the stock market
在股市上赚钱/赚一大笔钱/发大财 - acquire/inherit/amass wealth/a fortune
获得/继承/积累财富/一大笔钱 - build up funds/savings
积累资金/存款 - get/receive/leave (somebody) an inheritance/a legacy
得到/(给某人)留下遗产 - live on a low wage/a fixed income/a pension
靠低微的工资/固定收入/养老金过活 - get/receive/draw/collect a pension
领取养老金 - depend/be dependent on (British English) benefits/(North American English) welfare/social security
靠福利金/社会保障金过活
开支;支出 - spend money/your savings/(informal) a fortune on…
把钱/存款/一大笔钱花在…上 - invest/put your savings in…
投资/把储蓄金用于… - throw away/waste/ (informal) shell out money on…
把钱浪费/花费巨资在…上 - lose your money/inheritance/pension
失去钱财/遗产/养老金 - use up/ (informal) wipe out all your savings
把储蓄用光 - pay (in) cash
用现金支付 - use/pay by a credit/debit/contactless card
- pay by/make out a/write somebody a/accept a (British English) cheque/(US English) check
用支票支付;开支票;给某人开支票;接受支票 - change/exchange money/currency
- give/pay/leave (somebody) a deposit
预付(某人)订金
银行 - have/hold/open/close/freeze a bank account/an account
持有/开立/注销/冻结银行账户 - credit/debit/pay something into/take money out of your account
记入账户的贷方/借方;把钱存入账户/从账户中取出 - deposit money/funds in your account
往账户里存钱/存入资金 - withdraw money/cash/£30 from an ATM, etc.
从自动提款机等取钱/现金/30 英镑 - (formal) make a deposit/withdrawal
存款;取款 - find/go to/use (especially North American English) an ATM/(British English) a cash machine/dispenser
找到/去/使用自动提款机 - be in credit/in debit/in the black/in the red/overdrawn
账面有钱/亏空;有盈余;透支 - use a mobile/an online banking app/platform/service
个人理财 - manage/handle/plan/run/ (especially British English) sort out your finances
管理/处理/计划/经营管理/整顿财务问题 - plan/manage/work out/stick to a budget
计划/管理/制订/严格执行预算 - offer/extend credit (to somebody)
(给某人)提供贷款 - arrange/take out a loan/an overdraft
商定/获得贷款/透支额 - pay back/repay money/a loan/a debt
偿还钱/贷款/债务 - pay for something in (especially British English) instalments/(North American English usually) installments
以分期付款方式购买某物
财务困难 - get into debt/financial difficulties
陷入债务/财务困难 - be short of/ (informal) be strapped for cash
缺钱 - run out of/owe money
钱用光了;欠钱 - face/get/ (informal) be landed with a bill for £…
面对/收到一张…英镑的账单 - can’t afford the cost of…/payments/rent
承担不起…的费用/款项/房租 - fall behind with/ (especially North American English) fall behind on the mortgage/repayments/rent
拖欠按揭贷款/分期偿还款项/房租 - incur/run up/accumulate debts
带来/积欠/累积债务 - tackle/reduce/settle your debts
处理/减少/付清债务
Topics Family and relationshipsc1- He had a large inheritance from his parents.
他有一大笔来自父母的遗产。 - Jealous relatives tried to challenge her inheritance.
眼红的亲戚企图反对她继承遗产。 - She left him an inheritance of £100 000.
她给他留下了 10 万英镑的遗产。 - The Earl of Arundel's heir was restored to his inheritance and granted the lordship of Chirk.
阿伦德尔伯爵的继承人重新取得了继承权,并获封为切克勋爵。 - The inheritance was divided equally among all the sons.
遗产由所有儿子平均分配。 - The system involved inheritance by the eldest son.
这种体制采用了长子继承制。 - Under their law, all children shared in the inheritance.
依照他们的法律,所有子女都分得一份遗产。 - When he was 21 he came into a large inheritance.
他 21 岁时继承了一大笔遗产。 - When his father died, he returned to England to claim his inheritance.
父亲去世以后他返回英格兰要求继承遗产。 - inheritance through marriage
通过婚姻继承的遗产
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- large
- small
- rightful
- …
- leave somebody
- come into
- get
- …
- tax
- law
- rights
- …
- inheritance by
- inheritance through
- She spent all her inheritance in a year.
- [uncountable, countable, usually singular] something from the past or from your family that affects the way you behave, look, etc.
遗传特征;遗产 - We are proud of our cultural inheritance.
我们为自己的文化遗产感到自豪。 - Physical characteristics are determined by genetic inheritance.
身体的特征取决于基因遗传。
- the influence of the classical inheritance on Renaissance thought
古典遗产对文艺复兴时期思想的影响 - The inhabitants share a common inheritance of language and culture.
居民们拥有共同的语言与文化遗产。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- common
- cultural
- genetic
- …
- We are proud of our cultural inheritance.
词源late Middle English (formerly also as enheritance): from Anglo-Norman French enheritaunce ‘being admitted as heir’, from Old French enheriter, from late Latin inhereditare ‘appoint as heir’, from Latin in- ‘in’ + heres, hered- ‘heir’.