| 单词 | succession |
| 释义 | succession n. 1. a the process of following in order; succeeding. b a series of things or people in succession. 2. a the right of succeeding to the throne, an office, inheritance, etc. b the act or process of so succeeding. c those having such a right. 3. Biol. the order of development of a species or community; = SERE(3). Phrases and idioms in quick succession following one another at short intervals. in succession one after another, without intervention. in succession to as the successor of. law of succession the law regulating inheritance. settle the succession determine who shall succeed. Succession State a State resulting from the partition of a previously existing country. Derivatives successional adj. Etymology: ME f. OF succession or L successio (as SUCCEED) |
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