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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。
CollocationsFinance Finance 财务 Income 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
Expenditure 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
Banks 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
Personal finance 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
Financial difficulties 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
Extra ExamplesTopics Family and relationshipsc1He 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
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- large
- small
- rightful
- …
- leave somebody
- come into
- get
- …
- tax
- law
- rights
- …
- inheritance by
- inheritance through
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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。
Extra Examplesthe 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。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- common
- cultural
- genetic
- …
Word Originlate 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’.