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succession/səkˈseʃ(ə)n/n. 1a the process of following in order; succeeding 连续，接连 b a series of things or people in succession (事或人的)一系列，一连串 2a the right of succeeding to an office, inheritance, the throne, etc. (职位、遗产、王位等的)继任权，继承权 b the act or process of so succeeding 继任，继承 c those having such a right 继承人，继任者 3 Ecol. the process by which a plant or animal community successively gives way to another until a stable climax community is reached (cf. 参见 SERE2) 【态】演替(指一个生物种群逐渐为另一生物种群所取代并发展为稳定的高级种群的过程) 4 Geol. 【地质】a a sequence of fossil forms representing an evolutionary series (代表进化顺序的)化石序列 b a group of strata representing a single chronological sequence (代表某一历史时期的)岩层，地层 □ in quick succession following one another at short intervals 接二连三地 □ in succession one after another, without intervention 接连不断地 □ in succession to as the successor of 作为…的继承人(或继任者)；继承…，继任… □ settle the succession determine who shall succeed 确定继承人(或继任人) □ successional adj.[Middle English from Old French succession or Latin successio (as SUCCEED)] |