successor

英 [səkˈsesə(r)]

美 [səkˈsesər]

n.  接替者; 继任者; 接替的事物; 后继的事物

复数：successors　

CET6考研TEM8计算机

Collins.2 / BNC.3569 / COCA.5433

牛津词典

noun

• 接替者；继任者；接替的事物；后继的事物
  a person or thing that comes after sb/sth else and takes their/its place
  1. Who's the likely successor to him as party leader?
     谁较可能接替他担任党的领袖？
  2. Their latest release is a worthy successor to their popular debut album.
     继首张唱片大受欢迎之后，他们最新推出的专辑再获成功。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 接任者;继承者
  Someone'ssuccessoris the person who takes their job after they have left.
  1. He set out several principles that he hopes will guide his successors...
     他制订了几条原则，希望可以引导继任者。
  2. ...several critics hailed him then as the greatest living Scottish poet, the natural successor to his old friend Hugh MacDiarmid.
     紧接着，一些评论家称赞他为当今苏格兰最伟大的诗人，是他的老朋友休·麦克迪尔米德理所当然的接班人。

英英释义

noun

• a thing or person that immediately replaces something or someone
• a person who inherits some title or office
  Synonym:heir
• a person who follows next in order
  1. he was President Lincoln's successor
  Synonym:replacement

双语例句

• The vice president was the president's successor.
  副总统是总统的继任人。
• His successor as Lord Chancellor was another liberal.
  他的大法官继承人又是一个自由党人。
• When the chairman of Campbell's retired, McGovern was named as his successor
  坎贝尔公司的总裁退休后，麦戈文被选定为继任者。
• There was an interim before her successor actually came because she had to work out her notice.
  在她的继任者真正到任前有一段过渡时间，因为她得干满离职通知规定的时间。
• The President's designated successor is his son.
  总统的选定继承人是他的儿子。
• He bequeaths his successor an economy that is doing quite well
  他给继任者留下了发展势头非常不错的经济。
• Sokagakkai was able to hand-pick his successor.
  创价学会可以仔细挑选其继任人。
• He was generous enough to congratulate his successor on his decision.
  他十分大度地祝贺他的继任者做出了决定。
• He set out several principles that he hopes will guide his successors
  他制订了几条原则，希望可以引导继任者。
• His successor would not have the bandwidth or the credibility.
  他的继任者不会拥有这种‘带宽’和可信度。