heir

英[eə(r)] 美[er]
  • n. 继承人
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星级词汇:
  • heidelberg n.海德堡(德国西南部城市名)
    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

英英释义

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. His heir sold the painting to the London art dealer Agnews.
他的继承人把这幅画卖给了伦敦艺术品经销商阿格纽斯。

来自柯林斯例句

2. He was seen as Mr Olsen's heir apparent.
他被视为奥尔森先生理所当然的继任者。

来自柯林斯例句

3. He wanted to beget an heir.
他想生个子嗣。

来自柯林斯例句

4. to be heir to a large fortune
是大笔财产的继承人

来自《权威词典》

5. The King's eldest son is the heir to the throne.
国王的长子是王位的继承人.

来自《简明英汉词典》

    用作名词 (n.)
    1. Tilda seems to be his only heir.
      迪儿特似乎是他唯一的继承人。
    2. 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。
    用作名词 (n.)
    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。
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
用作名词 (n.)
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