heir apparent

noun

1. 当然继承人；法定继承人
   an heir whose legal right to receive sb's property, money or title cannot be taken away because it is impossible for sb with a stronger claim to be born
2. （职位的）确定接替者；确定接班者
   a person who is expected to take the job of sb when that person leaves

1. N-COUNT （职位等的）当然继承者
   The heir apparent to a particular job or position is the person who is expected to have it after the person who has it now.
   1. ...a man who was once the heir apparent to a media empire...
      曾经是一个媒体帝国当仁不让的继任人的男子
   2. He was seen as Mr Olsen's heir apparent.
      他被视为奥尔森先生理所当然的继任者。

1. He was seen as Mr Olsen's heir apparent.
   他被视为奥尔森先生理所当然的继任者。
2. When he showed up in London last week with elder son Lachlan in tow, News Corp. Kremlinologists sensed that a new heir apparent was displacing James.
   上周他带着长子拉克兰•默多克出现在伦敦，令很多人猜测这可能意味着废詹姆斯而立拉克兰。
3. When Mr Cantalupo died, a rapidly convened board confirmed Mr Bell, a44-year-old Australian already widely seen as his heir apparent, in the top job.
   坎塔卢波先生去世后，董事会很快开会确定任命贝尔先生，这位早就被公认为其继任者的44岁澳大利亚人担任这一首席职位。
4. Sean Maloney, newly promoted and heir apparent to CEO Paul Otellini in the eyes of many, was the first to take the stage at the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco on Tuesday.
   马宏升，新晋升和继承人的眼睛明显向首席执行官欧德宁很多，首先是要在英特尔开发者论坛在旧金山周二阶段。
5. Kim Jong-il, who it is thought suffered a stroke last year, was styled as heir apparent for more than a decade before his father, Kim Il-sung, died in 1994.
   金正日的父亲金日成（Kimil-sung）于1994年逝世，而在金日成逝世的10多年前，金正日就已经被列为法定继承人。金正日据信在去年患了中风。
6. Very few North Koreans have even seen an image of the heir apparent.
   朝鲜民众几乎都没有见过金正银的图片。
7. The prince of Wales is the heir apparent to the throne.
   威尔士亲王是王位的当然继承人。
8. His popularity makes him the chief's heir apparent
   他的声望使他成为首领公认的继承人
9. Lee Jae-yong, the son of Samsung Group's disgraced former chairman and long seen as his heir apparent, emerged from the shadows yesterday to take a heavyweight job at the second-biggest technology company by sales.
   三星集团（SamsungGroup）前会长之子、长期被视为既定继承人的李在镕（LeeJae-yong），昨日从阴影中走出，在这家按销售额计算为全球第二大的科技公司出任要职。
10. His expected much from his son and made him crown prince and heir apparent.
    他被期望去成为皇太子和皇位继承人。
11. Bayin Naung had rendered invaluable service as commander-in-chief of the Myanmar forces, so Tabinshwe Hti appointed him heir apparent and Bayin Naung was formally declared successor to the throne.
    自此勃应囊已经作为缅甸军队无可代替的总帅而存在，因此，德彬瑞蒂决定任命他为其法定的王位继承人，并做出了正式的宣布。
12. At the last congress, Kim Jong-il received the party titles that anointed him as heir apparent to his father, Kim Il-sung.
    在上次党代会上，金正日接受了党内职务，成为其父亲金日成（Kimil-sung）的指定接班人。
13. The male heir apparent of the British sovereign.
    继承英国王位的男子。
14. Kim Jong-il was styled heir apparent for more than a decade before Kim Il-sung died in 1994.
    在金日成1994年去世之前的10多年里，金正日一直以太子形象出现。
15. He was widely seen as Muammar Gaddafi's favorite son and his heir apparent.
    赛义夫被广泛认为是卡扎菲最喜爱的儿子，也是毫无争议的接班人。
16. Sampdoria attacker Antonio Cassano has constantly been linked with Juventus in the past as many see him as the heir apparent to Alessandro Del Piero.
    过去一段时间，转会传闻经常将桑普多利亚前锋卡萨诺与尤文图斯联系在一起，因为大家都把他看做皮耶罗的接班人。
17. This would suggest that the heir apparent is short.
    这或许暗示，这位法定继承人也很矮小。
18. He was granted responsibilities that led most observers to assume he was heir apparent for almost 20 years before the death of his father in 1994, ensuring a smooth succession.
    在他父亲1994年去世之前的近20年里，他被赋予了很多责任，这让多数观察人士认定他是继承人，从而保证了平稳的政权交接。
19. Whitehall source: Seif al-Islam Gaddafi ( once his father's heir apparent) believed killed in NATO airstrike near Bani Walid a few days ago.
    比比西四台：白厅消息来源：几天前在巴尼瓦利德的北约空袭中据称赛义夫已经被炸死。
20. A male heir apparent to a throne.
    确定继承王座的男子。
21. The king's oldest son is heir apparent to the throne.
    国王的长子是王位的法定继承人。
22. Up to the time when Kim Jong-eun was officially unveiled as the heir apparent in 2010, the only public information about the new leader came from a Japanese sushi chef who worked for Kim Jong-il.
    截至2010年朝鲜官方正式披露金正恩为确定继承人之时，有关这位新领导人的唯一公开信息，来自于为金正日工作过的日本寿司厨师。
23. After the resignation of Rebekah Brooks, the focus has shifted toward Rupert Murdoch's heir apparent and BSkyB chairman James Murdoch.
    布鲁克斯辞职后，焦点又转向了默多克的儿子、新闻集团接班人、天空电视台董事会主席詹姆斯。

noun

1. an heir whose right to an inheritance cannot be defeated if that person outlives the ancestor