人走了留給你的
核心畫面最原本的一支：上一位離開了，他名下的東西依序落到你手上。
inherit property · verb · C2
To receive money, a house, or other property from someone after they have died.
繼承
核心畫面
The picture to hold: something passes to you because of who you are and what came before you — not because you asked for it, worked for it, or chose it. It simply arrives, and now it is yours.
有樣東西落到你手上，理由不是你去爭取、不是你付錢買，而是「因為你站在這個位置」——你是這家的孩子、你接了這個職位、你…更多收起
有樣東西落到你手上，理由不是你去爭取、不是你付錢買，而是「因為你站在這個位置」——你是這家的孩子、你接了這個職位、你住進了這間房子。它自己來的，來了就是你的了。這個字最特別的地方在於接收的人是被動的：你沒有選，但你要承擔。也因為這樣，inherit 拿到的東西可以是好的（一筆錢），也可以是很麻煩的（一堆爛攤子），這個字本身不判斷好壞。From the word’s history
From Old French enheriter, from Late Latin inhereditare 'to make someone an heir', built on heres/hered- 'heir'. The word began as making someone the person who comes next in line, which is exactly the position all four modern senses describe.
從古法語 enheriter 來，源頭是後期拉丁文 inhereditare「立某人為繼承人」，字根 heres/hered- 就是「繼承人」（heredity、hereditary 同源）。所以這個字一開始講的就是「讓某人成為排在下一位的那個人」——而「排在下一位」正好就是現代四個意思共同的位置：東西之所以到你這裡，是因為你在那條線上的下一格。
Wiktionary, entry "inherit" (Middle English enheriten < Old French enheriter < Late Latin inhereditare)
Three branches
血脈裡帶來的
傳下來的東西從財產換成人本身：不是死後才給，而是出生就帶著；同樣是因為你排在那條線上，所以拿到。
inherit traits · verb · C2
To have the same character or the same looks as your parents.
遺傳
接下別人留下的局面
傳下來的既不是財產也不是基因，而是一個現成的處境——前面的人做出來的結果，換你來面對。
inherit a situation · verb · C2
To be left with a situation, especially problems that other people caused, so that you now have to deal with it.
接手
原始詞典資料8 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
inheritverb/ɪnˈhɛɹɪt/
- 1
To receive (property, a title, etc.), by legal succession or bequest, usually after the previous owner's death.
- After Grandad died, I inherited the house.
- ‘It's rather like a beautiful Inverness cloak one has inherited. Much too good to hide away, so one wears it instead of an overcoat and pretends it's an amusing new fashion.’
- 2
To receive (property, a title, etc.), by legal succession or bequest, usually after the previous owner's death.
- Lucky old Daniel – his grandfather died rich, and he's inherited.
- 3
To take possession of as a right (especially in Biblical translations).
- Your descendants will inherit the earth.
- 4
biologynatural-sciencesTo receive a characteristic from one's ancestors by genetic transmission.
- Let's hope the baby inherits his mother's looks and his father's intelligence.
- 5
To derive from people or conditions previously in force.
- This country has inherited an invidious class culture.
- 6
computingengineeringmathematicsTo derive (existing functionality) from a superclass.
- ModalWindow inherits all the properties and methods of Window.
- 7
computingengineeringmathematicsTo derive a new class from (a superclass).
- For example, the following two code segments, from different assemblies, show how easy it is to inherit a class from another assembly.
- 8
obsoleteTo put in possession of.
- This, or else nothing, will inherit her
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。