| 词汇 | heirless |
| 语种 | 英语、汉语、英汉翻译、汉英翻译 |
| 释义 | heirless adjective uk /ˈeə.ləs/ us /ˈer.ləs/ without an heir(= a member of the family to whom property, money, or a title can be left): 没有继承人的，没有子嗣的 Her father arranged her marriage to a rich, heirless widower.她父亲安排她嫁给了一个富有的、没有子嗣的鳏夫。 Inheriting & bequeathing assign beneficiary bequeath bequest cadger co-executor executrix heir heir apparent heiress heirloom inherit inheritance legacy patrimony pond life pond scum primogeniture probate settle Examples of heirlessheirless Where such property was heirless or unclaimed they had to transfer it to an organisation for the rehabilitation of surviving members of such groups. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Property unclaimed at the end of six months was deemed to be heirless. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In most cases the people concerned are not themselves the depositors but the heirs, and in many cases the property can now presumably be considered as heirless. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Also, if a tanuter died heirless, he was succeeded by a different branch of the family, rather than a noble who was sworn to him. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Heirless still, he repudiated her in 1184, but fell seriously ill and rejoined her. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. They either have to adopt from outside (which was regarded by many as passing the family wealth to unrelated outsiders), or become heirless. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He was heirless on his death in 1776. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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