heritage

名词 heritage:

1. practices that are handed down from the past by tradition
2. any attribute or immaterial possession that is inherited from ancestors
   同义词：inheritance
3. that which is inherited; a title or property or estate that passes by law to the heir on the death of the owner
   同义词：inheritance
4. hereditary succession to a title or an office or property
   同义词：inheritance

1. One of the glories of the British heritage is the right to a fair trial.
   英国人引以自豪的传统之一是有获得公正审判的权利。
2. A novelist must be able to use the cultural heritage of his nation.
   小说家要善于利用他本国的文化遗产。
3. Telling conservationists that we need to preserve the natural heritage really is preaching to the converted!
   向自然资源保护论者宣讲需要保护自然界遗产的道理，真是多此一举。
4. These beautiful old palaces are part of our national heritage.
   这些美丽的古老宫殿是我们民族遗产的一部分。

her.i.tage

n.（名词）
Property that is or can be inherited; an inheritance.
遗产，继承财产：继承的或可被继承的财产；继承物
Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.
遗留物，传统：由前辈传下来的东西；传统
The status acquired by a person through birth; a birthright:
与生俱来的权利：通过出生而得到的地位；长子继承权：
例句：
a heritage of affluence and social position.
与生俱来的富有和社会地位

来源：
Middle English
中古英语
from Old French
源自 古法语
from eritier [heir]
源自 eritier [继承人]
from Medieval Latin hôrôdit3rius
源自 中世纪拉丁语 hôrôdit3rius
from Latin [inherited] * see hereditary
源自 拉丁语 [被继承的] *参见 hereditary

<参考词汇><同义词>heritage,inheritance,legacy,traditionThe central meaning shared by these nouns is .something immaterial, such as a custom, that is passed from one generation to another.:
这些名词共有的中心意思是：.由一代传给另一代的非物质性的东西，如习俗.：
例句：
a heritage of moral uprightness;
道德上正直的传统；

例句：
an inheritance of knowledge from the past;
由过去继承的知识；

例句：
a legacy of philosophical thought;
哲学思想遗产；

例句：
the tradition of noblesse oblige.
贵族行为理应高尚的传统。