heir

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n. 继承人, 嗣子, 后嗣 [法] 继承人, 后嗣

发音

US /ˈɛɚ/
UK /ˈɛə̯/
AU /ˈeː/
ZA /ˈɛː/
SCOT /ˈeːɹ/

词形变化

heirling heirs 复数 heirs heired heiring heirs 三单 heiring 现在分词 heired 过去式 heired 过去分词

别名

heyre heire

教材释义与例句

名词

继承人；后嗣；嗣子

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Someone who inherits, or is designated to inherit, the property of another.

    继承人

    继承者

    My brother is the heir to our childhood house and yet has no interest in it.

  2. 2.

    One who inherits, or has been designated to inherit, a hereditary title or office.

    储

    As the heir to the British throne, the Prince of Wales is a very public figure.

  3. 3.

    A successor in a role, representing continuity with the predecessor.

v.
  1. 1.

    To inherit.

    及物/不及物

    […] Leonard Houtz & John Myer to be executors to this my last will & testament & lastly my children shall heir equally, one as much as the other.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 3

successor heritor inheritor

上位词 5

issue receiver offspring recipient progeny

下位词 6

heiress heir apparent heir-at-law heir presumptive inheritress inheritrix

相关短语

heir apparent 有确定继承权的人 [法] 当然继承人, 法定继承人, 有确定继承权者 heir presumptive 假定继承人 [法] 假定继承人 heir at law 法定继承人 heir general heir by custom [法] 习惯继承人 heir apparency heir apparencies heir-at-law [网络] 继承人 laughing heir statute laughing heir statutes pretermitted heir laughing heir legal heir [经] 法定继承人 statutory heir [法] 法定继承人 forced heir

词源

From Middle English heir, from Anglo-Norman eir, heir, from Latin hērēs.

来源：wiktionary