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heirless

读音
'erlɪs
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释义

adj. [法] 无继承人的;无后嗣的

例句

The village head led several farmers to plough for the heirless elderly.
村长带着几个人为村里的孤寡老人代耕田地。
And although the biggest group, Tata, will move beyond its family when its heirless fifth-generation patriarch retires in 2012, it is in no hurry to break itself up.
尽管规模最大的塔塔父子集团在其第五代无后掌门人2012年退休后将跳出家族企业的性质,它也不急于分解。
Economists are outdoing each other with ever more curious instruments, ranging from lethal mosquitoes to heirless maharajahs, or, most recently, wind speeds and sea currents.
经济学家们正致力于使用更加稀奇的工具来斗法,这些工具从致命蚊子到无嗣的印度土邦主,或是近期的风速、洋流等无所不包。

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经济学人(The Economist)