inheritance

1. N-VAR An inheritance is money or property that you receive from someone who has died. 继承物; 遗产

She feared losing her inheritance to her stepmother. 她担心她的遗产会落到继母的手里。

2. N-COUNT If you get something such as a job, problem, or attitude from someone who used to have it, you can refer to this as an inheritance. 转接物; 沿袭物

...starvation and disease over much of Europe and Asia, which was Truman's inheritance as president. …在欧亚大部分地区肆虐的饥馑和疾病，这是杜鲁门接任总统时面临的状况。

3. N-SING Your inheritance is the particular characteristics or qualities that your family or ancestors had and that you are born with. 遗传特征

Eye colour shows more than your genetic inheritance. 眼睛的颜色显示的不只是你基因的遗传特征。