succession

名词 n.
/səkˈsɛʃ.ən/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An act, process, or instance of succeeding:; An act of following in sequence. countable,uncountable
    — In 1958, it was reported that for "the fourth year in succession, staff of four South London stations have combined to decorate the booking hall at Peckham Rye station". They installed a nativity scene, models of Father Christmas, and a sleigh driven by huskies, and Christmas trees were placed around the station.
  2. An act, process, or instance of succeeding:; A sequence of things in order. countable,uncountable
    — Villa spent most of the second period probing from wide areas and had a succession of corners but despite their profligacy they will be glad to overturn the 6-0 hammering they suffered at St James' Park in August following former boss Martin O'Neill's departure
  3. An act, process, or instance of succeeding:; A passing of royal powers. countable,uncountable
  4. An act, process, or instance of succeeding:; A group of rocks or strata that succeed one another in chronological order. countable,uncountable
  5. An act, process, or instance of succeeding:; A race or series of descendants. countable,uncountable
  6. An act, process, or instance of succeeding:; Rotation, as of crops. countable,uncountable
  7. An act, process, or instance of succeeding:; A right to take possession. countable,uncountable
  8. An act, process, or instance of succeeding:; In Roman and Scots law, the taking of property by one person in place of another. countable,historical,uncountable
  9. An act, process, or instance of succeeding:; The person who succeeds to rank or office; a successor or heir. countable,obsolete,rare,uncountable
    — long descent of Kings , whose names only for many successions without other memory stand thus register'd

词形变化

successions plural

词源

Inherited from Middle English [Term?], from Old French succession, from Latin successiō (noun).
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