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单词 heir
释义
heir
(ʳ )
Word forms: heirs
countable noun [oft with poss]
An heir is someone who has the right to inherit a person's money, property, or title when that person dies.
His heir, Lord Doune, cuts a bit of a dash in the city.
...the heir to the throne.
Synonyms: successor, beneficiary, inheritor, heiressfem.  
Collocations:
legal heir
Anyone can get access to it and can often uncover a legal heir.
Times, Sunday Times
As it would be, if the legal heir didn't give permission.
The Times Literary Supplement
He was the legal heir to throne.
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The property will pass to his legal heirs.
Houston Chronicle
His works are nationalized and solatium was given to his legal heirs in 2008.
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legitimate heir
But he died with no legitimate heir in 1843 and his title lapsed.
The Sun
In both versions he was the legitimate heir apparent and as such a potential danger to his usurper uncle.
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As he left no legitimate heir, the title became extinct.
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He accepted a peerage, but later changed his mind, presumably because he had no legitimate heir.
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He had no legitimate heirs of his own.
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rightful heir
He declared that such rightful heir would be invested with his patrimony upon coming of age.
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Therefore, he was viewed by some as the rightful heir.
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With his long-standing familial ties in the region, many bishops and counts recognized him as the rightful heir to the throne.
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The book quickly concerns itself with finding the rightful heir to the crown of the city.
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The rightful heir will be the oldest of the remaining sons.
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sole heir
His daughter and sole heir, then 37, was expected to do little more than preside over its demise.
Times, Sunday Times
He argued that as sole heir he was entitled to the money, to meet his 'life's requirements'.
Times, Sunday Times
He sought to position his grandson as the sole heir of the whole county.
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He clarified this in a supplemental testament in 1942 and made the providential fund he had founded his sole heir.
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He taught her the know-how of the trade, before designating her as the sole heir of his luxury empire.
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true heir
Encouraged by the nobles, he came to believe he was the true heir to the throne.
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It stems, of course, from the sincere belief that we alone are the true heirs of our faith and that we have a responsibility to maintain that precious heritage.
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As such, these students were regarded as the true heirs of the style who would pass it down.
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Of all the possible outcomes, he chose to impose a joint rule over distinct jurisdictions on the true heirs.
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Lots of lawsuits began, related to wills suspected of being forged by criminals looking to make their fortune at the expense of the true heirs.
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Translations:
Chinese: 继承人
Japanese: 相続人
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