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heir

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heir /eə $ er/ ●○○ noun [countableC] → e'er, ere, air
1  SCLFAMILYthe person who has the legal right to receive the property or title of another person when they die 繼承人
heir to
John was the sole heir to a vast estate.
約翰是一大筆遺産的唯一繼承人。
heir to the throne (=the person who will become king or queen) 王位繼承人
2  PBthe person who will take over a position or job after you, or who does things or thinks in a similar way to you 繼任人，接班人
Jonson was his political heir as leader of the Nationalist Party.
瓊森是他的政治接班人，他將擔任該黨派的領袖。
Examples from the Corpus
heir• Why was it that the men in her life seemed to have found some other woman to give them an heir?• In this sense, Mr Major is child and heir of Thatcherism, smile and smile as he may.• Henry died a year ago, and his heirs sold the ranch.• In all three cases the Church seems to have been trying to prevent lords from siting legitimate heirs.• Richard was now heir to the throne of the Angevin Empire.• Reagan's political heirs• Lieutenant Denholm is the heir to an earldom.• They want to repeal a tax the heirs of millionaires pay.• And this was especially true for the neoconservatives who considered themselves the heirs of an abandoned tradition of postwar liberalism.
heir to the throne• But could they ever secure a conviction on that basis against an heir to the throne?• His duty was to marry and produce an heir to the throne.• After William III's death in 1702 and Anne's succession Sophia became the immediate heir to the throne.• Richard was now heir to the throne of the Angevin Empire.• It was none other than the heir to the throne, blissfully unaware, and convulsed with mirth.
From Longman Business Dictionary
heirheir /eəer/ noun [countableC]
LAWthe person who has the legal right to receive another person’s money, property, or business after that person has died
heir to
Taki is heir to a Greek shipping fortune.
Origin heir
(1300-1400) Old French Latin heres
heir noun
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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 4607 COCA: 6177
heir

noun

ADJECTIVE | VERB + HEIR | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVE➤legal, legitimate, rightful法定繼承人；合法繼承人◇the rightful heir to the throne王位的合法繼承人➤natural, real, true自然繼承人；真正的繼承人◇The socialists saw themselves as true heirs of the Enlightenment.社會主義者認為自己是啟蒙運動的真正繼承者。➤worthy稱職的繼承人➤direct直系繼承人◇When the Earl of Surrey died in 1347 he left no direct heir.薩裏伯爵 1347 年去世時沒有子嗣。➤immediate直接繼承人➤chosen, designated選定的／指定的繼承人➤apparent, presumptive (both only after heir 兩者僅用於 heir 之後) 當然／推定繼承人◇On his brother's death he became heir apparent to the title.他哥哥一死，他就成了這個爵位的當然繼承人。➤future未來的繼承人◇He's the future heir to the throne.他是未來的王位繼承人。➤sole唯一繼承人➤female, male女性／男性繼承人➤royal王室繼承人➤political, spiritual政治／精神繼承人◇He sees himself as the spiritual heir to Kennedy.他把自己看成肯尼迪的精神繼承人。VERB + HEIR➤have有繼承人◇He has no heir to leave his fortune to.他沒有子嗣繼承他的財產。➤beget (formal) , produce生下繼承人◇He planned to marry and produce an heir for his estate.他計劃結婚並為自己的財產生一名繼承人。➤name指定繼承人◇On his deathbed he named his second son as his heir.他在臨終時指定自己的二兒子為繼承人。➤become, fall (especially BrE) 成為繼承人；繼承⋯◇At the age of twenty he fell heir to a large estate.他 20 歲時繼承了一大筆財產。PREPOSITION➤heir to⋯的繼承人◇He is the sole heir to a large mining fortune.他是那筆巨額礦業財產的唯一繼承人。PHRASES➤the heir to the throne王位繼承人▸➤sb's son and heir某人的子嗣◇He left most of his property to his eldest son and heir.他把大部份財產留給了長子。
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 4607 COCA: 6177
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 4607 COCA: 6177

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