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inherit verb

  /ɪnˈhɛɹɪt/
  • (transitive) To receive (property, a title, etc.), by legal succession or bequest after the previous owner's death.
 繼承, 继承

inheritance noun

  /ɪnˈhɛɹɪtəns/
  • (countable) That which a person is entitled to inherit, by law or testament, such as the part of an estate (i.e., a portion).
 遺產
  • (biology, genetic algorithms) The biological attributes passed hereditarily from ancestors to their offspring.
  • (programming, object-oriented) The mechanism whereby parts of a superclass are available to instances of its subclass.
 继承
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