heirs是什么意思？

heirs

英['eəz] 美['erz]

• n. 继承人( heir的名词复数 )，后嗣，（工作或传统的）继承者，承袭者；

例句

• The socialists saw themselves as true heirs of the Enlightenment. 社会主义者认为自己是启蒙运动的真正继承者。
• 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.
• The land reverted to the lord if the tenant died without heirs. 如果土地保有人死后无继承人,土地归还领主.
• He distributed his possessions among his heirs. 他把自己的财产分给继承人.

英语六级真题

Copyright laws differ from country to country, but in general protection extends for the duration of an author's life and for a substantial period afterwards, thus allowing the author's heirs to benefit.
出自-2011年12月阅读原文

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  继承人
  An heir is someone who has the right to inherit a person's money, property, or title when that person dies.
  例句
  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。 ...the heir to the throne. 王位继承人