heir presumptive

美 [ˌer prɪˈzʌmptɪv]英 [ˌeə prɪˈzʌmptɪv]

heir presumptive

noun

【不规则形式】pl. heirs presumptive

假定继承人（其继承权会因有血统更近的继承人出生而丧失）
an heir who may lose his or her legal right to receive sb's property, money or title if sb with a stronger claim is born

noun

a person who expects to inherit but whose right can be defeated by the birth of a nearer relative

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Mr Pichai 's promotion follows a handful of others : Satya Nadella , for instance , who last year took the helm at Microsoft ; or former Google executive Nikesh Arora , now heir presumptive at SoftBank , the Japanese telecoms group .

早在皮查伊晋升前，已有几位印度人身居要职：比如去年接掌微软（Microsoft）的萨蒂亚纳德拉（SatyaNadella），以及前谷歌高管、现为日本电信集团软银（SoftBank）假定继承人的尼克什阿罗拉（NikeshArora）。