n.(名词)

1. 【法】继承人，法定继承人，财产继承人
2. 后嗣，嗣子，后代
3. （才干、性格等的）继承者，传人，后继者，承袭者

v.(动词)

1. 继承

n.(名词)

1. [C]继承人 person with the legal right to receive property, etc. when the owner dies

Noun:

1. a person who is entitled by law or by the terms of a will to inherit the estate of another

2. a person who inherits some title or office

1.继承人
Anheir is someone who has the right to inherit a person's money, property, or title when that person dies.

e.g. Hisheir, Lord Doune, cuts a bit of a dash in the city.
他的继承人杜恩勋爵在城里出了一番风头。
e.g. ...theheir to the throne.
王位继承人

1. 继承人：公元前44年恺撒被谋害以后 他的侄孙(grand-nephew)、因被他指定为继承人(heir)而收为养子的屋大维(GaiusOctavius)与安东尼(MarkAntony)争夺继承权 曾把部队扩充到60个军团 但获胜后就削减为28个.

2. heir

2. 嗣子：dauphin 太子,公主 |heir 嗣子 | orphan 孤儿

3. 继乘人：heighten 增高 |heir 继乘人 | hell 地狱

4. 后嗣,继承人：conductor(公交车辆)男售票员 |heir后嗣,继承人 | hero男英雄,男主人公

Tilda seems to be his only heir.

迪儿特似乎是他唯一的继承人。

The young heir played away the whole of the estate.

那个年轻的继承人把全部遗产都赌输了。

the president's political heirs

总统的政治继承者

the heir to the throne (= the person who will be the next king or queen)

王位继承人

to be heir to a large fortune

是大笔财产的继承人

...the heir to the throne.

王位继承人

His heir, Lord Doune, cuts a bit of a dash in the city.

他的继承人杜恩勋爵在城里出了一番风头。

He fell heir to his uncle's riches.

他成为他叔父大笔财富的继承人.

It is very worrying that there is no heir on the Chinese Womens Diving Team.

中国女子跳水队后继乏人的现象令人担忧.

His heir split the estate between them.

他的继承人在他们之间平分遗产.

A family name becomes defunct when the only heir dies any son.

当唯一的继承人死去了之后没儿子,那这个姓就要绝迹了.

They have to make the bed and clean their room.

他们必须要铺床和打扫房间.

He passed his property to his heir.

他把财产传给他的继承人.

He is ( an ) heir to his father's fine brain.

他 承袭 [继承]了他父亲的聪明头脑.

He takes as heir.

他以继承人身分获得财产.

The King's eldest son is the heir to the throne.

国王的长子是王位的继承人.

Desperate for a male heir , she underwent IVF at age 70.

她不顾一切地想要个男孩, 并于70岁时进行了人工授精.

He was the true heir to the estate.

他是这个庄园的合法继承人.

Accede after beginning, by the first order heir accedes, the 2 nd ordinal heir does not accede.

继续开始后, 由第一顺序继续人继续,第二顺序继续人不继续.

Who was the true heir to the throne?

谁是真正的王位继承人?

Charles was three when his mother became Queen as her eldest son, heir to the throne.

现任女王伊拉莎白二世继承王位时, 查尔斯年仅三岁,当时身为长子的他便成了王位继承人.

The hare here hired the heir to air the hair.

这里的兔子雇佣了继承人来风干毛发.

He claims to be the rightful heir.

他要求做合法的继承人.

In the UK, it is customary for the next heir to the throne to be regent.

在英国, 通常由下一位王位继承人摄政.

He recognized John as his lawful heir.

他确认约翰为他的合法继承人.

We don't recognised him to be the lawful heir.

我们不承认他为合法继承人.

He was the legal heir to the throne.

他是王位的合法继承人.

The Earl of Arundel's heir was restored to his inheritance and granted the lordship of Chirk.

阿伦德尔伯爵的继承人重新取得了继承权,并获封为切克勳爵.

Nash did not live a cloistered existence nor was he spared the shocks that flesh is heir to.

纳什并非过着与世隔绝的生活,他同样也不能逃脱人生难免的种种打击.

to be heir to a large fortune

是大笔财产的继承人

He had no title and was not the heir to a great estate.

他没有爵位，也不是巨额财产的继承人。

1. The King's eldest son is the heir to the throne.
   国王的长子是王位的继承人。
2. She made her stepson her heir.
   她让丈夫与前妻生的儿子做自己的继承人。
3. He has fallen heir to his father's good temper.
   他继承了他父亲的好脾气。
4. We Chinese are heirs of honesty and industry.
   我们中国人继承了勤劳、诚实的传统。
5. The new government fell heir to the problems of the old one.
   新政府接下了前任政府遗留的各种问题。

动词+～

• heir">cut off sb's heir取消某人继承权

形容词+～

• heir">legal heir法定继承人
• heir">immediate heir直系继承人
• heir">natural heir当然继承人

～+介词

• heir%20at%E3%80%94by%E3%80%95%E2%80%A6">heir at〔by〕…的继承人
• heir%20of%20the%20body">heir of the body嫡生子(女)
• heir%20to%20a%20fortune">heir to a fortune财产继承人

• On 2 June 1914 Francis Ferdinand, heir to the Hapsburg throne, was shot dead.

  出自：J. Berger

• He never married leaves no direct heirs.

  出自：R. Davies

n.(名词)

1. heir的基本意思是“继承人,接班人”,引申可表示“传统、才干、性格等的继承者”。
2. heir是阳性名词,与其相对的阴性名词是heiress,但在不十分强调其性别时,男、女都可用heir。

• ☆ 1300年进入英语，直接源自古法语的oir，意为继承人。