succession /səkˈsɛʃən/ noun plural successions
plural successions
Learner's definition of SUCCESSION
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[noncount] : the act of getting a title or right after the person who had that title or right before you has died or is no longer able or allowed to have it继位;继承 also : the process by which this happens继承(或继位)程序 2
[count] : a series of people or things that come one after the other一连串的人(或事物) —
usually singular通常用单数 —
usually + of
in succession
: following one after the other接连地;连续地 -
The guests arrived in succession.宾客们接踵而至。
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He won the championship twice in succession. [=in a row]他连续两次赢得冠军称号。
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She listed the names in quick/rapid succession.她迅速地罗列出姓名。