| 释义 |
heir
UK [eər] US [er] noun
countable
■a person who will legally receive money, property or a title from another person, especially an older member of the same family, when that other person dies 继承人•The guest of honour was the Romanoff heir to the throne of all Russia.这位贵宾是统治全俄罗斯的罗曼诺夫王朝的王位继承人。 •Despite having a large family, they still had no son and heir.尽管家庭成员众多，他们仍然没有儿子作为继承人。 ⇒ See also heiress
countable usually singular
■someone who now has responsibility for dealing with a problem or situation that existed or was created earlier （负责继续处理某一问题或局面的）继承者•The French finance minister is heir to a tradition of central control that goes back to Louis XIV's minister, Colbert.法国的财政部长承袭了中央集权财政管理方式的传统，该传统可以追溯到路易十四时代的财政部长柯尔贝尔。 countable usually singular
■someone who continues to do the work of someone important who has died or who has the same symbolic position as they had （接替某重要位置的）接班人，继任者 |