hereditary
/hɪˈredɪtərɪ/adjective
1- (of a title, office, or right) conferred by or based on inheritance（头衔、职位或权利）承袭的, 世袭的：
the Queen's hereditary right to the throne.
女王对王位的继承权。
1.1
- attrib.(of a person) holding a position by inheritance（人）有世袭职位的：
a hereditary peer.
世袭贵族。
1.2
- (of a characteristic or disease) determined by genetic factors and therefore able to be passed on from parents to their offspring or descendants（性格或疾病）遗传的。
1.3
- of or relating to inheritance（与）继承（有关）的; （与）遗传（有关）的; （与）世袭（有关）的：
the main objection to the hereditary principle is that such peers are not elected.
对世袭政策的主要异议是这样的贵族不是推选出来的。
1.4
- Mathematics (of a set) defined such that every element which has a given relation to a member of the set is also a member of the set【数】（集合的）遗传的。
派生词
hereditarily
adverbhereditariness
noun词源
late Middle English: from Latin hereditarius, from hereditas （see HEREDITY）.