disinherit
verb🔊/ˌdɪsɪnˈherɪt/
🔊/ˌdɪsɪnˈherɪt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they disinherit | 🔊/ˌdɪsɪnˈherɪt/ 🔊/ˌdɪsɪnˈherɪt/ |
| he / she / it disinherits | 🔊/ˌdɪsɪnˈherɪts/ 🔊/ˌdɪsɪnˈherɪts/ |
| past simple disinherited | 🔊/ˌdɪsɪnˈherɪtɪd/ 🔊/ˌdɪsɪnˈherɪtɪd/ |
| past participle disinherited | 🔊/ˌdɪsɪnˈherɪtɪd/ 🔊/ˌdɪsɪnˈherɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form disinheriting | 🔊/ˌdɪsɪnˈherɪtɪŋ/ 🔊/ˌdɪsɪnˈherɪtɪŋ/ |
- disinherit somebody
to prevent somebody, especially a member of your family, from receiving your money or property after your death 剥夺（某人）的继承权 Are you worried that your father might disinherit you if you go off the tracks again? 您是否担心如果您再次离开赛道，父亲会取消您的继承权？ He threatened to disinherit his eldest son. 他威胁要剥夺长子的继承权。
Word Originlate Middle English (superseding earlier disherit): from dis- (expressing removal) + inherit in the obsolete sense ‘make someone an heir’.