词典释义：
a number of people or things sharing a specified characteristic and following one after the other
一系列，一连串；连续
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she had been secretary to a succession of board directors. 她曾经先后担任过数任董事会董事的秘书。
【地质】 （地层的）次序，生长顺序。
[mass noun]the action or process of inheriting a title, office, property, etc.
（职位的）继任；（头衔、财产等的）继承
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the new king was already elderly at the time of his succession .新国王在继承王位时已经上了年纪。
the right or sequence of inheriting a position, title, etc.
继承权；继承顺序
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the succession to the Crown was disputed. 王位继承权引起了争议。
【生态】 （植物或动物群落的）演替。比较<Bold>SERE</Bold><Superscript>2</Superscript>.
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in quick （或rapid ）succession following one another at short intervals 紧接的（地） -
in succession following one after the other without interruption 连续的（地），接连的（地）she won the race for the second year in succession. 她连续赢得了第二年的赛跑冠军 -
in succession to inheriting or elected to the place of 继承；接任；当选he was elevated to the Lords in succession to his father . 他继承父业升为上议院议员 -
settle the succession determine who shall succeed someone 决定谁是接替者（或继承人）
"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
