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But this unprecedented showdown with his frustrated heir apparent has shaken his control.
但和他失意的总统后继人选发生的这种空前的公开摊牌丑闻，明显削弱了他的影响力。
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.
在党内，他显然继承了阿德莱.史蒂文森遗留下来的理智自由主义，因此要他摆出一副毫无野心的圣人模样，则可能会让人受不了，甚至让人感觉不诚实。
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.
当年，他进行了三年美国式运营，即崛起成为西门子的当然继承人。也是在那三年，在柯菲德的带领下，西门子在纽约证券交易所上市。

There was never really a question of demoting Yang, long considered Liu's heir apparent.
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But is swipping the heir apparent in the ongoing succession of simple and satisfying social gestures?
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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.