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单词 heiress
释义
heiress
noun[C]
uk
/ˈeə.res/us
/ˈer.es/
a woman orgirlwho willreceiveor already hasreceiveda lot ofmoney,property, or atitlefrom anotherperson,especiallyanoldermemberof the samefamily, when thatpersondies:
女继承人，嗣女
the heiresstothethrone王位的女继承人
a Texanoilheiress得克萨斯石油的继承人
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(Definition ofheiressfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofheiress

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Likewise, though both wealthy heiresses are willfully independent, they freely redeem their neighbors' estates after the false courtship has been revealed.
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One might have expected that women who were the only child of the family to marry would, as heiresses, have married younger.
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Unlike their forerunners, they could not look to a profusion of heiresses nor to the rewards of office to propel their rise.
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In the case of heiresses, they were able to attract men to move in with them in what is often called an "uxorilocal marriage".
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According to the legislation, an heir orheiresswith a larger share could buy out the others if the farm was too small to divide.
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A base action was set up in which a younger son courts anheiressfor her dowry.
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Moreover, when headship passed to anheiress, it usually passed to her husband.
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However, the remaining heirs include two women and three sons-in-law, or the adopted spouses of heiresses.
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This circumstance allowed the possibility of an heir and anheiressmarrying, which would result in the unification of their patrimonies.
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Occupational endogamy appears to have been of particular importance in the marriages of heiresses.
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With heiresses, there was the added dimension of guaranteeing there would be an adult male to administer the property, especially when the parents were already deceased.
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So, on an indictment for the fraudulent abduction of anheiress, the lady has been admitted as a witness for the prosecution.
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He possibly may marry anheiress, and would therefore in these circumstances be in a position to maintain the property for a short time.
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In the old days one of the favourite local hobbies of the lads of the village was abducting wealthy heiresses.
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Imagine theheiressof a millionaire who has had an impromptu affair with a bricklayer—such things have happened and will continue to happen.
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