succession
noun /səkˈseʃn/
/səkˈseʃn/
- [countable, usually singular] a number of people or things that follow each other in time or order
一连串；一系列；连续的人（或事物） - a succession of visitors
络绎不绝的来访者 - He's been hit by a succession of injuries since he joined the team.
自入队以来他一再受伤。 - in succession She has won the award for the third year in succession.
这是她连续第三年获得此奖。 - They had three children in quick succession.
短短几年间，他们接连生了三个孩子。 - The gunman fired three times in rapid succession.
歹徒连开三枪。
- This set in motion a succession of events.
这引发了一连串事件。 - She was cared for by a succession of nannies.
连续有好几个保姆照看过她。 - I rented out the cottage to a succession of tenants.
我把小屋租给了一连串的房客。 - There has been a rise in crime for the second year in succession.
犯罪数字上升已经是连续第二年了。 - The team lost the final six years in succession.
这个队连续六年在决赛中落败。 - They won several games in quick succession.
他们接连赢了几场比赛。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- endless
- long
- never-ending
- …
- in succession
- succession of
- a succession of visitors
- [uncountable] the regular pattern of one thing following another thing
交替；更迭 - the succession of the seasons
四季的更迭 - the succession of images on a screen
屏幕上连续的图像
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- endless
- long
- never-ending
- …
- in succession
- succession of
- the succession of the seasons
- [uncountable] the act of taking over an official position or title; the right to take over an official position or title, especially to become the king or queen of a country
继承；继任；（尤指王位的）继承权 - in succession to somebody/something He became chairman in succession to Bernard Allen.
他接替伯纳德 · 艾伦任主席。 - She's third in order of succession to the throne.
她在王位继承人顺位中排第三。 - a line of succession
一连串的
- He wanted to have a son to ensure the succession.
他想要一个儿子以继承家业。 - The party has always attempted to secure an orderly succession of leaders.
该党一直试图确立领袖的有序继承制度。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- orderly
- disputed
- dynastic
- …
- ensure
- secure
- in succession to
- the line of succession
- the order of succession
- the right of succession
- …
see also succeed - in succession to somebody/something He became chairman in succession to Bernard Allen.
词源Middle English (denoting legal transmission of an estate or the throne to another, also in the sense ‘successors, heirs’): from Old French, or from Latin successio(n-), from the verb succedere ‘come close after’, from sub- ‘close to’ + cedere ‘go’.