n.[U][S1]

1. 遗产，世袭财产
2. 继承物；遗留物；传统
   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. 生来就有的权利；长子继承权
   Poverty was his heritage.

   他出生在一个贫困家庭。

4. 命中注定的东西；命运

n.

1. property that is or may be inherited; an inheritance.
2. valued things such as historic buildings that have been passed down from previous generations.
   ▸ [as modifier] of special value and worthy of preservation.
3. archaic a special or individual possession; an allotted portion.
   ▸God's chosen people (the people of Israel, or the Christian Church).