succession
英 [s?k'se?(?)n]
美[s?k's???n]
- n. 連續(xù)；繼位；繼承權(quán)；[生態(tài)] 演替
英英釋意
- 1. a following of one thing after another in time;
- "the doctor saw a sequence of patients"
- 2. a group of people or things arranged or following in order;
- "a succession of stalls offering soft drinks"
- "a succession of failures"
- 3. the action of following in order;
- "he played the trumps in sequence"
- 4. (ecology) the gradual and orderly process of change in an ecosystem brought about by the progressive replacement of one community by another until a stable climax is established
- 5. acquisition of property by descent or by will
