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1. Oxford American Dictionary

   hereditary

   • IPA[həˈredəˌterē]

   美式

   • adj.
     (of a title, office, or right) conferred by or based on inheritance；(of a person) holding a position by inheritance
2. • 釋義

   adj.

   形容詞

   • 1. (of a title, office, or right) conferred by or based on inheritance members of the ancient Polish aristocracy who had hereditary right to elect the king
   • ▪ (of a person) holding a position by inheritance I am the hereditary chief of the Piscataway people
   • ▪ (of a characteristic or disease) determined by genetic factors and therefore able to be passed on from parents to their offspring or descendants cystic fibrosis is our most common fatal hereditary disease 同義詞 genetic, genetical, congenital, inborn, inherent, ... 更多inherited, inbred, innate, in the family, in the blood, in the genes
   • ▪ relating to inheritance a form of hereditary succession and dynastic rule became standard practice 同義詞 inherited, obtained by inheritance, bequeathed, willed, handed-down, ... 更多passed-down, passed-on, transferred, transmitted, ancestral, family, familial, rarelineal
   • ▪ (of a set) defined such that every element that has a given relation to a member of the set is also a member of the set.
3. • 更多解釋

   hereditary

   • IPA[hɪˈrɛdɪt(ə)ri]

   英式

   • adj.
     (of a title, office, or right) conferred by or based on inheritance: the Queen's hereditary right to the throne

   Oxford Dictionary