heir用作名词的意思
【法】继承人,法定继承人,财产继承人;后嗣,嗣子,后代;(才干、性格等的)继承者,传人,后继者,承袭者;
heir用作动词的意思
继承;
heir用作名词详解
heir的基本意思是“继承人,接班人”,引申可表示“传统、才干、性格等的继承者”。
heir是阳性名词,与其相对的阴性名词是heiress,但在不十分强调其性别时,男、女都可用heir。
heir用作名词例句
Tilda seems to be his only heir.
迪儿特似乎是他唯一的继承人。
The young heir played away the whole of the estate.
那个年轻的继承人把全部遗产都赌输了。
heir用作名词常见句型
The King’s eldest son is the heir to the throne.
国王的长子是王位的继承人。
She made her stepson her heir.
她让丈夫与前妻生的儿子做自己的继承人。
He has fallen heir to his father’s good temper.
他继承了他父亲的好脾气。
We Chinese are heirs of honesty and industry.
我们中国人继承了勤劳、诚实的传统。
The new government fell heir to the problems of the old one.
新政府接下了前任政府遗留的各种问题。