heirs

英 [eəz]

美 [ɛrz]

n.  继承人; 后嗣; (工作或传统的)继承者，承袭者，传人
heir的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 继承人
  Anheiris someone who has the right to inherit a person's money, property, or title when that person dies.
  1. His heir, Lord Doune, cuts a bit of a dash in the city.
     他的继承人杜恩勋爵在城里出了一番风头。
  2. ...the heir to the throne.
     王位继承人

双语例句

• ( law) to be returned to the former owner or that owner's heirs.
  （法律）归还给以前的所有者或者所有者的继承人。
• Poseidon divided the land into ten sections, each to be ruled by a son, or his heirs.
  波赛冬把这块陆地分成十部分，每块都各自由一位儿子或者他的继承人统治。
• Later their heirs would establish the largest philanthropic foundations.
  后来他们的后裔创办了最大的慈善基金会。
• You are the heirs of my light, which gave you form.
  你是我那光的继承人，而我的光给与了你形式。
• Lineal ancestors; lineal heirs; a direct descendant of the king; direct heredity.
  直系祖先；直系后嗣；国王的直系后代；直系遗传。
• They saw themselves as the legitimate heirs of Confucianism.
  他们自认为是儒家思想的正统继承人。
• We dare not forget today that we are the heirs of that first revolution.
  我们至今不敢忘记我们是那第一次革命的继承者。
• Yet we are still heirs to a noble struggle for freedom.
  然而，我们依旧是为崇高自由而战的继承人。
• His heirs were greedily waiting for him to kick the bucket.
  他的那些继承人正贪婪地等他死。
• But every man's own children are his heirs and successors, and there are no wills.
  尽管如此，但由于每一个人的孩子都是他的嗣子及继承者，因此遗嘱也就毫无必要了。