名词

1. 一连串;一系列;连续
A succession of things of the same kind is a number of them that exist or happen one after the other.

2. 继承;继任;继承权
Succession is the fact or right of being the next person to have an important job or position.

1. acquisition of property by descent or by will

Synonym: taking over

2. the action of following in order

e.g. he played the trumps in sequence

Synonym: sequence

3. a following of one thing after another in time

e.g. the doctor saw a sequence of patients

Synonym: sequencechronological sequencesuccessivenesschronological succession

4. a group of people or things arranged or following in order

e.g. a succession of stalls offering soft drinks
a succession of failures

5. (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

Synonym: ecological succession