hereditary

英 [həˈredɪtri]

美 [həˈredɪteri]

adj.  遗传的; 遗传性的; 世袭的; 有世袭身份(或头衔)的

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Collins.1 / BNC.8780 / COCA.13816

牛津词典

adj.

• 遗传的；遗传性的
  given to a child by its parents before it is born
  1. a hereditary illness/disease/condition/problem
     遗传的疾病 / 问题
  2. Epilepsy is hereditary in her family.
     癫痫是她家族的遗传病。
• 世袭的
  that is legally given to sb's child, when that person dies
  1. a hereditary title/monarchy
     世袭的头衔 / 君主制
• 有世袭身份（或头衔）的
  holding a rank or title that is hereditary
  1. hereditary peers/rulers
     世袭的贵族 / 统治者

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 遗传（性）的
  Ahereditarycharacteristic or illness is passed on to a child from its parents before it is born.
  1. Cystic fibrosis is the commonest fatal hereditary disease...
     囊性纤维化是最常见的致命遗传疾病。
  2. In men, hair loss is hereditary.
     男性脱发属于遗传。
• ADJ （称号或地位）承袭的，世袭的
  A title or position in society that ishereditaryis one that is passed on as a right from parent to child.
  1. ...the position of the head of state is hereditary...
     国家元首是世袭制。
  2. British Prime Ministers are traditionally offered hereditary peerages.
     英国首相传统上会被授予可世袭的贵族爵位。

英英释义

adj

• inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent
  1. ancestral home
  2. ancestral lore
  3. hereditary monarchy
  4. patrimonial estate
  5. transmissible tradition
  Synonym:ancestralpatrimonialtransmissible
• occurring among members of a family usually by heredity
  1. an inherited disease
  2. familial traits
  3. genetically transmitted features
  Synonym:familialgeneticinheritedtransmittedtransmissible

双语例句

• These traits are hereditary, like eye color or foot size, and there's nothing you can do to change them.
  这些特征是遗传性的，如眼的颜色和脚丫子的大小，这都是你所无法驾驭的。
• Their society was based on caste: a man's occupation was hereditary.
  他们的社会基于种性制度：一个人的职业是世袭的。
• This hereditary unit comprises a single complementation group, or in other words a single gene.
  这个遗传单位由一个互补群，也就是一个基因所组成。
• Other theories have suggested he died of hereditary gastric cancer and poor medical treatment.
  其他的理论提示他死于遗传性胃癌和缺乏医疗救治。
• The development of HBV-related hepatic cirrhosis is associated with not only environmental and viral factors but also hereditary susceptibility.
  乙肝后肝硬化的发生不仅与环境因素和病毒因素有关，还与个体的遗传易感性密切相关。
• Reproductive and hereditary effects and children's health
  生殖和遗传影响以及儿童健康
• Objective To investigate the relationship between clinical manifestation and experimental diagnosis of hereditary elliptocytosis.
  目的探讨遗传性椭圆形红细胞增多症的实验诊断及与临床表现的关系。
• Because of the ( hereditary) factor, he and his father have same temper.
  因为遗传的原因，他和父亲的脾气很相似。
• The polygenic and multiple allelic nature of many traits gives a vast potential for variability among hereditary characteristics.
  许多特征的多基因本质和复等位本质，使遗传特点中的变异性具有巨大的潜力。
• Eugenics: the study of hereditary improvement of the human race by controlled selective breeding.
  优生学：通过可控制选择性生育来对人种进行遗传学上的改善的研究。