ADJECTIVE | VERB + HEIR | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤legal, legitimate, rightful法定繼承人;合法繼承人◇the rightful heir to the throne王位的合法繼承人➤natural, real, true自然繼承人;真正的繼承人◇The socialists saw themselves as true heirs of the Enlightenment.社會主義者認為自己是啟蒙運動的真正繼承者。➤worthy稱職的繼承人➤direct直系繼承人◇When the Earl of Surrey died in 1347 he left no direct heir.薩里伯爵 1347 年去世時沒有子嗣。➤immediate直接繼承人➤chosen, designated選定的/指定的繼承人➤apparent, presumptive (both only after heir兩者僅用於 heir 之後)當然/推定繼承人◇On his brother's death he became heir apparent to the title.他哥哥一死,他就成了這個爵位的當然繼承人。➤future未來的繼承人◇He's the future heir to the throne.他是未來的王位繼承人。➤sole唯一繼承人➤female, male女性/男性繼承人➤royal王室繼承人➤political, spiritual政治/精神繼承人◇He sees himself as the spiritual heir to Kennedy.他把自己看成肯尼迪的精神繼承人。VERB + HEIR➤have有繼承人◇He has no heir to leave his fortune to.他沒有子嗣繼承他的財產。➤beget (formal) , produce生下繼承人◇He planned to marry and produce an heir for his estate.他計劃結婚並為自己的財產生一名繼承人。➤name指定繼承人◇On his deathbed he named his second son as his heir.他在臨終時指定自己的二兒子為繼承人。➤become, fall (especially BrE) 成為繼承人;繼承⋯◇At the age of twenty he fell heir to a large estate.他 20 歲時繼承了一大筆財產。PREPOSITION➤heir to⋯的繼承人◇He is the sole heir to a large mining fortune.他是那筆巨額礦業財產的唯一繼承人。PHRASES➤the heir to the throne王位繼承人▸➤sb's son and heir某人的子嗣◇He left most of his property to his eldest son and heir.他把大部份財產留給了長子。
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