名词

1. Poverty was his heritage.
他出生在一个贫困家庭。

2. We must take care to preserve our national heritage.
我们必须注意保护自己的民族遗产。

3. We Chinese have a great cultural heritage.
我们中国人有伟大的文化遗产。

1. （国家的）遗产，传统
A country's heritage is all the qualities, traditions, or features of life there that have continued over many years and have been passed on from one generation to another.

e.g. The historic building is as much part of our heritage as the paintings.
这座历史建筑和这些画一样，都是留给我们的文化遗产的一部分。
e.g. ...the rich heritage of Russian folk music.
俄罗斯民间音乐的丰富遗产

noun

1. hereditary succession to a title or an office or property

Synonym: inheritance

2. any attribute or immaterial possession that is inherited from ancestors

e.g. my only inheritance was my mother's blessing
the world's heritage of knowledge

Synonym: inheritance

3. practices that are handed down from the past by tradition

e.g. a heritage of freedom

4. that which is inherited
a title or property or estate that passes by law to the heir on the death of the owner

Synonym: inheritance