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accession

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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ac·ces·sion /əkˈseʃən/ noun  1 [uncountable]PGO an official process in which someone becomes king, queen, president etc 登基,即位;就职 successionaccession of the accession of James I 詹姆斯一世即位accession to power/to the throne (=the act of becoming king, queen, president etc) 登上权位/王位2. [uncountable] formalAGREE the act of agreeing to a demand 同意3. AV[countable] technical an object or work of art that is added to a collection of objects or paintings 新增藏品
Examples from the Corpus
accessionHe adds that the line between accession and adhesion is poorly defined.Aldfrith appears to have been very much on the periphery of Northumbrian dynastic life before his accession.But in the circumstances of 1483 an immediate accession may have seemed to offer real advantages.A general right of accession would have created a major inroad into the continuing bilateralism of even multilateral treaties.Edward II's accession later that year accelerated his rise.
ac·ces·sion nounChineseSyllable
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accession
accession /əkˈseʃən/ noun
1. [uncountable] an official process in which someone becomes king, queen, president etc ⇨ succession
    accession of
    the accession of James I
    accession to power/to the throne (=the act of becoming king, queen, president etc)
2. [uncountable] formal the act of agreeing to a demand
3. [countable] technical an object or work of art that is added to a collection of objects or paintings


ac·ces·sionBrE /ækˈseʃn/ 🔊NAmE /ækˈseʃn/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] ~ (to sth) the act of becoming a ruler of a country (国家统治者的)就职,就任;(君主、帝王等的)登基,即位the accession of Queen Victoria to the throne维多利亚女王即位   see also accede [uncountable] ~ (to sth) the act of becoming part of an international organization 正式加入(国际组织)the accession of new member states to the EU新成员国正式加入欧盟the new accession states of the EU正式加入欧盟的新成员国 [countable] (specialist) a thing that is added to a collection of objects, paintings, etc. in a library or museum (图书馆、博物馆的)新增项目,新增藏品,新增藏书