succession
🇬🇧 UK/sək'seʃən/🇺🇸 US/sәk'seʃәn/
IELTSA2
Definitions
n.
A series of people or things following one after another; the right or process of inheriting a title, office, or property
连续;继承;继位
🧩 Root Breakdown
Root-derivedCommon Collocations
- 1.in succession接连地;依次
- 2.succession of events一系列事件
- 3.line of succession继承顺序
- 4.succession planning继任规划
Example Sentences
- 1.
A succession of scandals forced the minister to resign from office.
- 2.
The law of succession determines who inherits the throne after the monarch dies.
- 3.
In quick succession, three major earthquakes struck the coastal region.