新“備胎繼承人”即將誕生

 

In royal families, the crown goes to the oldest child. That's the heir. The "spare heir" is the next child who would ascend the throne should something happen to the heir. In the UK, when William becomes King, Prince George is the heir. His brother or sister, who will be born in April, will be William's spare heir. Harry was the spare heir until Prince George was born.

在王室中，王位傳給長(zhǎng)子，稱(chēng)作王位繼承人。如果王位繼承人發(fā)生不測(cè)，下一個(gè)繼承王位的人叫做備胎繼承人。在英國(guó)，當(dāng)威廉王子成為國(guó)王時(shí)，喬治王子就是王位繼承人，而即將在4月出世的二胎，無(wú)論男女，都會(huì)成為威廉的備胎繼承人。在喬治王子出生之前，威廉的弟弟哈里王子一直是備胎繼承人。

For example:

Aristocratic wives were once told they needed to provide an "heir and a spare heir" at least.

貴族的妻子們?cè)?jīng)被教導(dǎo)要至少生一個(gè)繼承人和一個(gè)備胎繼承人。