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heirHeE5, $ern [C]a person who will legally receive money, property or a title from another person, esp. an older member of the same family, when that other person dies继承人The guest of honour was the Romanoff heir to the throne of all Russia.贵宾是全俄罗曼诺夫王朝的王位继承人。He was the rightful heir to the Duke of Marlborough and a ￡100 million fortune.他是马尔伯勒公爵及其一亿英镑财产的合法继承人。Their fourth child was the long-awaited male heir.他们的第四个孩子是盼望已久的男继承人。Despite having a large family, they still had no son and heir.尽管家人众多，他们仍然没有儿子作继承人。( fig.) The French finance minister is heir to a tradition of central control that goes back to Louis XIV's minister, Colbert.法国财政部长继承了传统的中央集权方式，这可追溯到路易十四时期的财政部长柯尔贝尔。(fig.) When we bought the business we were heir to (=received from previous owners) a lot of administrative problems.当我们收购了这家企业之后，我们也继承了很多行政管理问题。The heir apparent is the person with the automatic right to legally receive all or most of the money, property, titles, etc. from another person when they die, or (fig.) a person who seems certain to take the place of someone in power when they stop working.当然继承人The Prince of Wales is the heir apparent to the throne.威尔士亲王是王位的当然继承人。(fig.) The finance director Maria Braun was the heir apparent to current chairman Gerhard Benz.财务主管玛利亚·布劳恩是现任主席格哈德·本兹的铁定继承者。 [HEIRESS]
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