heir
柯林斯词典
1. N-COUNT An heir is someone who has the right to inherit a person's money, property, or title when that person dies. 继承人
...the heir to the throne. …王位继承人。
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heir /ɛə/ (heirs)
剑桥词典
- C2 [ 可数名词：有复数形式的名词 ]
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 Romanov heir to the throne of all Russia. 这位贵客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，他们仍然没有儿子做继承人。
也见 heiress
[ 可数名词：有复数形式的名词 通常作为单数使用的名词 ]
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. 法国的财政部长继承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。
[ 可数名词：有复数形式的名词 通常作为单数使用的名词 ]
someone who continues to do the work of someone important who has died , or someone who has the same position as the previous person who held that position
（接替某重要位置的）接班人，继任者 返回 heir