heir的双解释义

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

1. 继承

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.继承人
Anheir is someone who has the right to inherit a person's money, property, or title when that person dies.

e.g. Hisheir, Lord Doune, cuts a bit of a dash in the city.
他的继承人杜恩勋爵在城里出了一番风头。
e.g. ...theheir to the throne.
王位继承人

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.
   新接下了前任遗留的各种问题。

• cut off sb's heir取消某人继承权

• legal heir法定继承人
• immediate heir直系继承人
• natural heir当然继承人

• heir at〔by〕…的继承人
• heir of the body嫡生子(女)
• heir to a fortune财产继承人

1. heir的基本意思是“继承人,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。