inheritable

IPA/ɪnˈherɪtəbl/
KK[ˌɪnhˈɛrətəbəl]IPA/ɪnˈherɪtəbl/

inheritable — 形容詞

  • inheritablepositive
  • more inheritablecomparative
  • most inheritablesuperlative

1. describing money, land, or other valuable things that you have the legal right t

1.形容詞B2
釋義

可繼承的

財產、權利可合法轉讓給他人

describing money, land, or other valuable things that you have the legal right to pass on to someone else after your death.

例句

The terms of the will stated that the farmland was inheritable only by direct descendants.

遺囑的條款指出，這片農地只有直系後代才能繼承。

inheritable by + noun phrase (direct descendants)

Lucas learned that the family title was inheritable through the male line according to tradition.

Lucas 得知家族頭銜依照傳統只能由男性繼承。

inheritable through the male line

常見搭配
  • inheritable property
  • inheritable estate
  • inheritable title
  • inheritable by descendants
  • legally inheritable
同義詞
  • heritable

    more formal, almost exclusively legal; interchangeable in property contexts

  • bequeathable

    very rare; focuses on the act of leaving property in a will

  • transmissible

    broader meaning, also used for diseases and information

反義詞
  • non-inheritable

    direct opposite; used in legal contexts to describe property that cannot be passed on

文法句型

be + inheritable

inheritable + noun

用法筆記

Frequently used in legal documents and wills. The subject is always an item of property, wealth, or a legal right, never a person. To describe the person who receives something, use 'entitled to inherit' instead.

常見錯誤

My son is inheritable to the estate.
My son is entitled to inherit the estate.
'inheritable' describes the property, not the person who inherits it.
This ring is inheritable by my daughter.
This ring can be inherited by my daughter.
'inheritable by' is grammatically possible but less natural than 'can be inherited by' in everyday English.

2. describing a physical feature, medical condition, or personal quality that can b

2.形容詞C1
釋義

可遺傳的

特徵或疾病可經基因傳給子女

describing a physical feature, medical condition, or personal quality that can be passed biologically from parents to their children through genes.

例句

The doctor said a tendency toward diabetes can be inheritable from one or both parents.

醫生說，容易罹患糖尿病的傾向可能來自父母其中一方或雙方的遺傳。

inheritable from + noun phrase

Folake worried that her mother's hearing loss might be inheritable and affect her young children.

Folake 擔心母親的聽力損失可能會遺傳，影響她年幼的孩子。

might be inheritable

常見搭配
  • inheritable trait
  • inheritable disease
  • inheritable condition
  • inheritable characteristic
  • genetically inheritable
同義詞
  • hereditary

    more common in everyday speech; also used for titles and positions

  • genetic

    focuses on the role of genes rather than the act of transmission

  • heritable

    formal synonym, especially common in scientific writing

反義詞
  • acquired

    describes a trait developed during life, not inherited from parents

文法句型

be + inheritable

inheritable + noun

用法筆記

Often used in medical and scientific writing. 'Genetic' is the more common everyday term; 'inheritable' emphasises that the trait actually gets transmitted rather than simply being present in the genes. Distinguish from sense 1: this sense applies to biological features, not property or legal rights.

常見錯誤

Red hair is inheritable property in my family.
Red hair is an inheritable trait in my family.
sense 1 (property) should not be used for biological characteristics.
Cancer is inheritable.
Some forms of cancer are inheritable.
not all cancers have a genetic link; the word is best used when there is evidence of a biological transmission pattern.

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常用片語

  • inheritable by law
  • inheritable through the male line
  • inheritable across generations

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