英语词汇“succession”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

succession

/səkˈsɛʃ(ə)n

noun

1A number of people or things of a similar kind following one after the other: she had been secretary to a succession of board directors...

The game came alive in the 20th minute when Bury, following a succession of a five-metre scrums, were eventually awarded a penalty try, the conversion a formality.
Following a succession of attacks, a large breakaway group moved clear on the first of three laps and opened up a decisive lead over the rest.
The city has struggled following a succession of high-profile business closures and job losses.

Synonyms

sequence, series, progression, course, chain, cycle, round, string, train, line, line-up, run, continuation, flow, stream;

concatenation

1.1 Geology A group of strata representing a single chronological sequence: the Cretaceous succession...

Deep drilling in the southern Tyrrhenian Sea floor revealed a continental and oceanic substratum covered by upper Miocene and younger sedimentary successions.
At this location, a succession of chloritized volcaniclastic sedimentary rocks are over-thrust by a massive undeformed quartz diorite.
Second, there are many stratigraphical and palaeontological similarities in the Palaeogene successions of the Hampshire and London basins.

2 [mass noun] The action or process of inheriting a title, office, property, etc. the new king was already elderly at the time of his succession...

As a fruit of the Pombaline vision, Goa is today the only State in India to have a uniform civil code, which ensures women equal rights of succession, property and inheritance.
I think he was confusing the constitutional succession in office with who was in charge.
The Lib Dem policy would prove even more progressive than the mayor's plans, with partnerships that were binding in matters of inheritance, pensions and succession of tenancy.

Synonyms

accession, elevation;

inheritance of, assumption of

2.1The right or sequence of inheriting a position, title, etc. the succession to the Crown was disputed...

Succession to the throne is based at present on the principle of male primogeniture, embodied in the Salic law, according to which male heirs take precedence and the right of succession belongs to the eldest son.
William's own ambitions centred on preserving his wife's and his own right of succession to the throne, and in securing England's participation in the continental war.
If he does not submit his request to Parliament or if approval is not granted, then the royal loses his right of succession to the throne.

Synonyms

line of descent, line, descent, ancestral line, blood line, ancestry, dynasty, lineage, genealogy, heritage, pedigree, extraction, derivation, stock, strain, background

2.2 Ecology The process by which a plant or animal community successively gives way to another until a stable climax is reached. Compare with sere².They represent communities early in plant succession, which can take many centuries in frigid ecosystems....

Cattle or sheep grazing is known to have a selective effect on the composition of plant communities in early succession.
Diversity increases as succession continues, only leveling off when succession has reached its final stage.

Phrases

in quick (or rapid) succession

in succession

in succession to

settle the succession

Derivatives

successional

/səkˈsɛʃən(ə)l/ adjective ...

I challenged him specifically on the question of biostratigraphy and the successional order of appearance of the various forms of life in the fossil record.
Make successional sowings of beetroot, carrots, lettuce, radish and turnips.
However, our sampling approach did allow us to assess how the natural distribution of successional environments impacted spatial variation in fish assemblages among drainages.

Origin

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).

单词	succession
释义	succession /səkˈsɛʃ(ə)n / noun 1A number of people or things of a similar kind following one after the other: she had been secretary to a succession of board directors... The game came alive in the 20th minute when Bury, following a succession of a five-metre scrums, were eventually awarded a penalty try, the conversion a formality. Following a succession of attacks, a large breakaway group moved clear on the first of three laps and opened up a decisive lead over the rest. The city has struggled following a succession of high-profile business closures and job losses. Synonyms sequence, series, progression, course, chain, cycle, round, string, train, line, line-up, run, continuation, flow, stream; concatenation 1.1 Geology A group of strata representing a single chronological sequence: the Cretaceous succession... Deep drilling in the southern Tyrrhenian Sea floor revealed a continental and oceanic substratum covered by upper Miocene and younger sedimentary successions. At this location, a succession of chloritized volcaniclastic sedimentary rocks are over-thrust by a massive undeformed quartz diorite. Second, there are many stratigraphical and palaeontological similarities in the Palaeogene successions of the Hampshire and London basins. 2 [mass noun] The action or process of inheriting a title, office, property, etc. the new king was already elderly at the time of his succession... As a fruit of the Pombaline vision, Goa is today the only State in India to have a uniform civil code, which ensures women equal rights of succession, property and inheritance. I think he was confusing the constitutional succession in office with who was in charge. The Lib Dem policy would prove even more progressive than the mayor's plans, with partnerships that were binding in matters of inheritance, pensions and succession of tenancy. Synonyms accession, elevation; inheritance of, assumption of 2.1The right or sequence of inheriting a position, title, etc. the succession to* the Crown was disputed... Succession to the throne is based at present on the principle of male primogeniture, embodied in the Salic law, according to which male heirs take precedence and the right of succession belongs to the eldest son. William's own ambitions centred on preserving his wife's and his own right of succession to the throne, and in securing England's participation in the continental war. If he does not submit his request to Parliament or if approval is not granted, then the royal loses his right of succession to the throne. Synonyms line of descent, line, descent, ancestral line, blood line, ancestry, dynasty, lineage, genealogy, heritage, pedigree, extraction, derivation, stock, strain, background 2.2 Ecology* The process by which a plant or animal community successively gives way to another until a stable climax is reached. Compare with sere².They represent communities early in plant succession, which can take many centuries in frigid ecosystems.... Cattle or sheep grazing is known to have a selective effect on the composition of plant communities in early succession. Diversity increases as succession continues, only leveling off when succession has reached its final stage. Phrases in quick (or rapid) succession in succession in succession to settle the succession Derivatives successional /səkˈsɛʃən(ə)l/ adjective ... I challenged him specifically on the question of biostratigraphy and the successional order of appearance of the various forms of life in the fossil record. Make successional sowings of beetroot, carrots, lettuce, radish and turnips. However, our sampling approach did allow us to assess how the natural distribution of successional environments impacted spatial variation in fish assemblages among drainages. Origin 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).
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