succession

連続

物事が次々に起こったり現れたりすること。

やさしい英語で： The process of one thing happening or coming after another.

• Three cars passed in quick succession.
• The bells rang in rapid succession.
• She won two races in succession.

類義語： posteriority

よく使う表現： in quick succession, in rapid succession

一連、連続

次々に続く人や物のまとまり。

やさしい英語で： A series of people or things that come one after another.

• A succession of storms damaged the roof.
• The house had a succession of owners.
• We watched an endless succession of trucks pass.

使い方： a succession of someone/something (A succession of visitors arrived throughout the day.)

類義語： series, sequence

よく使う表現： a succession of, long succession

王位継承

王や女王の地位と権力が別の人に引き継がれること。

やさしい英語で： The transfer of the position and power of a king or queen to another person.

• The king announced new rules for succession.
• Her succession to the throne was peaceful.
• The prince is first in the line of succession.

使い方： succession to something (The law governs succession to the throne.)

よく使う表現： royal succession, succession to something, line of succession

地層の累重、層序

できた順に並んだ岩石の層のまとまり。

やさしい英語で： A set of rock layers arranged in the order in which they formed.

• The cliff reveals a thick sedimentary succession.
• Fossils help scientists date this rock succession.
• Two geological successions were compared in the study.

類義語： sequence

よく使う表現： sedimentary succession, rock succession, geological succession