primogeniture

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  • n.
    长子身份,长子继承权
    长嗣继承制

单词词源

primogeniture 长子身份

来自prime,第一的,首先的,-gen,生育,出生,词源同gene,generate.引申词义长子,长子身份。

双语例句

1. The royal couple needn 't worry if their baby is a girl : the government has been seeking to scrap the so-called rule of primogeniture , which hands the throne to a boy where possible .
如果生个女儿,威廉王子夫妇也无需担心:政府一直试图废除所谓的长子继承权规定,根据该规定,王位将由儿子优先继承。

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