heiress

英 [eəˈres] 美 [ˈerəs]

n.  女继承人; 嗣女

复数:heiresses

TEM8法律

BNC.15679 / COCA.19145



牛津词典

noun

  1. 女继承人;嗣女
    a female heir , especially one who has received or will receive a large amount of money

    柯林斯词典

    1. N-COUNT (尤指大笔财产的)女继承人
      An heiress is a woman or girl who has the right to inherit property or a title, or who has inherited it, especially when this involves great wealth.
      1. ...the heiress to a jewellery empire.
        珠宝帝国的女继承人
      2. ...an American heiress.
        美国女继承人

    双语例句

    1. The heiress is worth at least a million dollars.
      那位女继承人至少有百万家当。
    2. Bruni was born in Italy and is the heiress to a tyre manufacturing fortune.
      布鲁尼出生于意大利,是一家知名轮胎制造厂的财产继承人。
    3. The latest flap erupted after Newsweek reported that McCain and his wife Cindy, an heiress to a lucrative beer distribution company, had13 vehicles.
      然而,最近,由于《新闻周刊》报道称,麦凯恩和身为大型啤酒销售集团继承人的妻子辛迪拥有13部车子。公众的不满情绪由此爆发。
    4. Kennedy was born into great wealth and his wife, Jacqueline, was an oil heiress.
      肯尼迪出生于一个十分富有的家庭,他的妻子又是一名石油大亨的继承人。
    5. Since leaving the ITV period drama, Dan has been concentrating on his theatre career, and is recently starred alongside Jessica Chastain in The Heiress on Broadway.
      在离开ITV年代剧《唐顿庄园》后,丹史蒂文斯一直专注于戏剧事业,最近他与女星杰西卡查斯坦一直主演了百老汇舞台剧《女继承人》。
    6. Ranking number two is Charlene de Carvalho, the Heinken beer heiress with$ 6.8 billion.
      在英国女性富豪榜上排名的是喜力啤酒的继承人卡瓦略其个人财富为68亿美元。
    7. She has one only daughter, the heiress of Rosings, and of very extensive property.
      她只有一个女儿,&也就是罗新斯的继承人,将来可以继承到非常大的一笔遗产呢。
    8. Australia's richest person Gina Rinehart has eclipsed Wal-Mart heiress Christy Walton to become the world's wealthiest woman, according to an annual index by Business Review Weekly.
      根据《商业评论周刊》年度索引,澳大利亚首富吉娜•莱茵哈特盖过沃尔玛女继承人克里斯提•沃尔顿,成为全世界最富有的女人。
    9. We have just hear of his marriage to an heiress.
      我们刚刚听说他与一位女继承人结了婚。
    10. The Zimbabwe-born beauty is an heiress to an African ranching and real estate fortune.
      出生在辛巴威的小美女切尔西,拥有家族在非洲的大农场和房产的继承权。
    11. The Edna McConnell Clark Foundation, started 30 years ago by an Avon heiress, illustrates how change has reached the mainstream.
      雅芳(Avon)一位女继承人30年前创立的EdnaMcConnellClarkFoundation就清楚说明了这种改变如何已成为主流。
    12. They may not be obvious to you now but you may find yourself enjoying the opportunity to smoke in bed, flirt with impunity or even marry an heiress.
      这些选择现在对你而言也许还不明显,不过,你也许会发现自己很喜欢有机会躺在床上吸烟,与人调情却不受惩罚,甚至和一位女继承人结婚。
    13. Richard was his father's only heir, as he had no brothers or sisters.
      理查德是他父亲的唯一继承人,因为他没有兄弟姐妹。(女性为:heiress)
    14. 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。
    15. What is an heiress doing with a cpa?
      艾蕾歌和个注册会计师在一起干什么?
    16. Other Brits in the list include actress Tilda Swinton and heiress Jemima Khan.
      荣登此榜的英国名人还包括女演员蒂尔达·斯文顿和豪门女继承人杰迈玛·可汗。
    17. 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。
    18. He wanted thynne's bride, the richest heiress in england.
      他想要锡恩的新娘,英格兰最富有的女继承人之一。
    19. She was beautiful and intelligent and heiress to one of the worlds richest companies and she had had more than a dozen of serious proposals of marriage.
      她长的漂亮,人又聪明,还有望继承一家世界性的大公司,因此向她求婚的人多达十几个,而且每个人的态度都是严肃认真的。
    20. Tracy: She's an heiress to the Johnson& Johnson fortune.
      她是强生公司的女继承人。
    21. He took an heiress to wife.
      他娶了一位继承大笔财产的女子为妻。
    22. Hearst was the grandfather of Patty Hearst-the heiress who suffered from Stockholm Syndrome.
      赫斯特是派帝赫斯特的祖父&派帝是患有斯德哥尔摩综合症(StockholmSyndrome)的继承人。
    23. I was an heiress in my gilded youth.
      在我辉煌的青年时代我是一名女继承人。
    24. 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。
    25. Or if it is, one might equally counsel against an heiress ( too independent) or a beauty ( too many admirers).
      否则,你同样也可以劝说别人别去娶女继承人(过于独立)或者美女(仰慕者太多)了。
    26. He martied Bertha krupp, heiress to the Krupp industrial empire.
      他娶了伯莎克虏伯,她是克虏伯产业帝国的女继承人。
    27. She is born heiress to a fortune in money.
      她生来就是一大笔钱财的女继承人。
    28. PETA says the heiress ditched her mink coats, fox collars and chinchilla trim after watching a video expose of the fur trade.
      “动物人道主义协会”说,希尔顿在看了一盘揭露皮毛贸易的录像带之后,把她的貂皮大衣,狐狸毛领和栗鼠呢大衣统统收了起来。

    英英释义

    noun

    1. a female heir

        Synonym:    inheritressinheritrix