1. 继承(金钱或财产)
    If you inherit money or property, you receive it from someone who has died.

    e.g. He has no son to inherit his land.
           他没有儿子来继承田产。
    e.g. ...paintings that he inherited from his father.
           他从父亲那里继承来的油画

2. (从前人、前任等)接过,得到
    If you inherit something such as a task, problem, or attitude, you get it from the people who used to have it, for example because you have taken over their job or been influenced by them.

    e.g. The government inherited an impossible situation from its predecessors...
           这届政府从前任那里接过了一个非常棘手的烂摊子。
    e.g. Our legal system inherited laws from the English system.
           我们的司法体系沿袭了英国的法律体系。

3. 经遗传获得(特征、特质等)
    If you inherit a characteristic or quality, you are born with it, because your parents or ancestors also had it.

    e.g. We inherit from our parents many of our physical characteristics...
           我们的许多身体特征都是从父母那里遗传而来的。
    e.g. Her children have inherited her love of sport...
           她的孩子们继承了她对运动的热爱。