n.

1. 連續，接續[U]
   He was late for school three times in succession.

   他連續三次上學遲到。

2. 一連串，一系列[S][（+of）]
   She had a succession of colds.

   她連續患傷風。

3. 接替，繼任，繼承[U][（+to）]
   Henry attempted to secure the succession to the office.

   亨利試圖繼承這個職位。

4. 接替（或繼承）順序[U]
   The King's oldest son is the first in succession to the throne.

   國王的長子是王位的第一繼承人。

5. 繼承權[U][（+to）]
   There will be a dispute about the rightful succession to her estate.

   對於她產業的合法繼承權將有一場爭論。

6. 一個個後繼著[U]

n.

1. a number of people or things following one after the other.
2. the action, process, or right of inheriting an office, title, etc.
   ▸Ecology  the process by which a plant or animal community successively gives way to another until a stable climax is reached.