[生] heredity，hereditary，inheritance，inherit，descendiblity ；

[例句] 子女身上遗传了父母双方的基因型板。 The offspring contain a mixture of the genetic blueprint of each parent.

[例句] 家族遗传的精神错乱困扰着他。 The insanity which ran in his family haunted him.

testament，will，dying words，will away ；

[例句] 要记住的是，一旦结婚，原遗嘱自动失效。 It is worth remembering that previous wills are nullified automatically upon marriage.

[例句] 你可以在文具店买到已印好的遗嘱单。 You can buy ready-printed forms for wills at stationery shops.

lose，loss ；

[例句] 若遗失机票，请拨打STA的免费求助热线。 Should you lose your ticket call collect on STA's helpline.

[例句] 该队正在试图找到遗失的细节。 The team is trying to ferret out missing details.

abandon，throw-out，forsake，cast off，desert；

[例句] 她一副遭人遗弃和背叛的样子。 She had the look of someone deserted and betrayed.

[例句] 她那辆租来的车被发现遗弃在比奇角。 Her hired car was found abandoned at Beachy Head.

legacy，inheritance，heritage，bequest，patrimony；

[例句] 他母亲死后留给他一小笔遗产。 His mother's small estate had passed to him after her death.

[例句] 保守估计，这笔遗产有3,000万英镑。 The bequest is con-servatively estimated at £30 million.

heredity，hereditary，transmissibility ；

[例句] 湿疹是一种常见的皮肤病，通常具遗传性。 Eczema is a common skin complaint which often runs in families.

[例句] 口吃很可能是一种遗传性缺陷。 Stammering is probably an inherited defect.

forget，lethe，Lethe，leave，mislay ；

[例句] 友情是理解，不是妥协；是原谅，不是遗忘。即使不联系，感情依然在。 Friendship means understanding, not agreement. It means forgiveness, not forgetting.It means the memories last, even if contact is lost.

[例句] 如果你的下一张唱片出点问题，你就被遗忘了。 If your next record's a bit iffy, you're forgotten.

omit，leave out，drop，miss，overslaugh ；

[例句] 饶这么细心核对, 还是有遗漏. In spite of careful checking, there are still omissions.

[例句] 由于疏忽,她的名字给遗漏了. Her name was omitted through an oversight.

bequeath，legacy，bequest，demise ；

[例句] 这笔钱大约有一半来自个人捐赠及遗赠. About half this amount comes from individual donors and bequests.

[例句] 图书馆从当地一位商人那里得到了一大笔遗赠. The library has received a generous bequest from a local businessman.

enuresis，bed-wetting，anischuria，urorrhea ；

[例句] 掌握遗尿、疳积的鉴别诊断、注意事项. Master the differentiation , diagnosis and cautions of Infantile Enuresis and Infantile Malnutrition.

[例句] 再是五 岁 以后的孩子尿床, 这叫患遗尿症. After a further five - year - old children are bed - wetting, called enuresis patients.

historical remains，relic，vestigium，token，relique ；

[例句] 这一遗迹在德鲁伊特来到不列颠前就已存在。 The monument predates the arrival of the druids in Britain.

[例句] 挖掘工作已显示在该地区有罗马和盎格鲁-撒克逊时代的遗迹。 Ex-cavations have revealed Roman and Anglo-Saxon remains in the area.

regret，pity，regretful，sorry，a pity ；

[例句] “恐怕他生病了。”——“真是遗憾。” "I'm afraid he's ill." — "I'm sorry to hear that."

[例句] 我很遗憾，这几乎完全是一厢情愿的想法。 This, I am sorry to say, is almost entirely wishful thinking.

ruins，site，relics，remainder ；

[例句] 导游简要地介绍了那个遗址的历史。 A guide gives a brief talk on the history of the site.

[例句] 问题是要保护遗址免受房地产开发商的侵占。 The problem was to safeguard sites from encroachment by property development.

leave over，hand down，bequeath，carry-over，leave behind ；

[例句] 作为食品配给制的一种遗留影响，他们总把黄油和人造黄油混在一起吃。 As a hangover from rationing, they mixed butter and margarine.

[例句] 昨天我取回了遗留在火车上的包. Yesterday I retrieved the bag I left in the train.

remains，bone，relique，reliquiae ；

[例句] 他指示马蒂尔达的遗体必须葬在家族墓穴里。 He ordered that Matilda's body should be buried in the family vault.

[例句] 我们把他的遗体安放在他的祖坟中吧. Let us rest his body in his family grave.

（拾取失物） appropriate lost property，（补充遗漏） make good omissions，gleaning ；

[例句] 暗暗移动的风, 相互拾遗着. The secret motion wind, is appropriating lost articles mutually.

[例句] 这部全书尚未完善, 还有需要拾遗补缺的地方. This book is not complete yet , there is still much to be added.

addendum，elenchus，supplement，appendix ；

[例句] 正文除去序言、补遗 、 索引和附录的书或文献的主要部分. The content of a book or document exclusive of prefatory matter, codicils, indexes, or appendices.

[例句] 于1923年发表论文 《 动物粪线虫之形态学补遗 》. Papers published in 1923, " Animal manure worm's morphology Addendum. "

genetics，hereditism ；

[例句] 心理学研究最近从遗传学的新发现中受益匪浅。 The study of psychology has recently been widely cross-fertilized by new discoveries in genetics.

[例句] 他就如何学好遗传学给我提出了一条建议. He gave me a piece of advice on how to learn genetics.

remains，remainder，monument，relic，hangover ；

[例句] 这石斧是古代的遗物. This stone axe is a relic of ancient times.

[例句] 农夫们偶尔能犁出古老的印第安人遗物. Farmers occasionally plough up old Indian relics.

remains，(dead) body，corpse，dust ；

[例句] 北部又挖掘出了更多的人体遗骸。 More human remains have been unearthed in the north.

[例句] 煤是由淡水植物遗骸形成的. Coal is formed from the remains of freshwater plants.