heiress

英 ['eəres] 美 ['eres]

• n. 女继承人

英英释义

Noun:

1. a female heir

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. He adopts his niece as his heiress.
   他指定他的侄女为继承人。
2. The young heiress was a good match.
   那个继承了大笔财产的年轻女子是理想的伴侣。
3. The robber abduct the heiress and hold her to ransom.
   强盗劫持了女继承人并向她索取赎金。
4. From the start, doubts surrounded her claim to be the missing heiress.
   她自称是失踪的女继承人这件事从一开始就存在很多疑点。
5. He took an heiress to wife and was regarded with suspicion by her family.
   他娶了个女继承人为妻子，女方家庭对他的结婚动机抱有怀疑。

经典引文

• Paula, Daisy's daughter, was..heiress to her enormous retailing empire.

  出自： B. T. Bradford

近反义词

【近义词】

• heir 继承人
• successor 接班人
• inheritrix 女继承人
• inheritress 女继承人