succession
英 [səkˈseʃ.ən]
美 [səkˈseʃ.ən]
succession 接替,继任,继承来自 succeed,接替,继任,-ss,过去分词格,-ion,名词后缀。
- succession (n.)
- early 14c., "fact or right of succeeding someone by inheritance," from Old French succession "inheritance; a following on" (13c.), from Latin successionem (nominative successio) "a following after, a coming into another's place, result," noun of action from successus, past participle of succedere (see succeed). Meaning "fact of being later in time" is late 14c. Meaning "a regular sequence" is from mid-15c.
- 1. The road is a succession of hairpin bends, hills, and blind corners.
- 这条路上急转弯、坡道和死拐角一个接一个。
- 2. Scoring three goals in quick succession, he made it 10-8.
- 在短短的时间内他连进三球,最终以10比8取胜。
- 3. Yesterday's emphatic victory was their fifth in succession.
- 昨天的大胜是他们连续第5场胜利。
- 4. a succession of visitors
- 络绎不绝的来访者
- 5. The country was ruled by a succession of tyrants.
- 这个国家接连遭受暴君的统治。