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succession

🇬🇧 UK/sək'seʃən/🇺🇸 US/sәk'seʃәn/
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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-derived
sucunder, below
+
cessgo, yield, move
+
ionact, process, state
=succession

Common 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.

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