heir apparent

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But this unprecedented showdown with his frustrated heir apparent has shaken his control.
但和他失意的總統(tǒng)后繼人選發(fā)生的這種空前的公開攤牌丑聞，明顯削弱了他的影響力。
As the party’s heir apparent to Adlai Stevenson’s legacy of intellectual liberalism, McCarthy could be maddening, even disingenuous, in his efforts to appear almost saintly in his lack of ambition.
在黨內(nèi)，他顯然繼承了阿德萊.史蒂文森遺留下來的理智自由主義，因此要他擺出一副毫無野心的圣人模樣，則可能會(huì)讓人受不了，甚至讓人感覺不誠實(shí)。
He rose to become the heir apparent at Siemens while running its American operations for three years, during which he oversaw its listing on the New York Stock Exchange.
當(dāng)年，他進(jìn)行了三年美國式運(yùn)營，即崛起成為西門子的當(dāng)然繼承人。也是在那三年，在柯菲德的帶領(lǐng)下，西門子在紐約證券交易所上市。

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the person with the automatic right to legally receive all or most of the money, property, titles, etc. from another person when they die

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.