succession

succession
noun
  1. a number of people or things sharing a specified characteristic and following one after the other
    一系列，一连串；连续
    she had been secretary to a succession of board directors.
    她曾经先后担任过数任董事会董事的秘书。
    ■(Geology)a group of strata representing a single chronological sequence
    (地质)（地层的）次序
  2. [mass noun]the action or process of inheriting a title, office, property, etc.
    继任职位；继承头衔，财产等
    the new king was already elderly at the time of his succession.
    新国王在继承王位时已经上了年纪。
    ■the right or sequence of inheriting a position, title, etc
    继承权；继承顺序
    the succession to the Crown was disputed.
    王位继承权引起了争议。
    ■(Ecology)the process by which a plant or animal community successively gives way to another until a stable climax is reached
    (生态)演替。 比较sere
常用词组
in quick (或rapid) succession
  1. following one another at short intervals
    紧接的（地）
in succession
  1. following one after the other without interruption
    连续的（地)，接连的（地）
    she won the race for the second year in succession.
    她连续赢得了第二年的赛跑冠军。
in succession to
  1. inheriting or elected to the place of
    继承…的（地)，接任…的（地)，当选…的（地）
    he was elevated to the Lords in succession to his father.
    他继承父业升为上议院议员。
settle the succession
  1. determine who shall succeed someone
    决定谁是接替者（或继承人）
派生
successional
adjective
语源
  1. 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 (see succeed).The term in ecology dates from the mid 19th cent
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