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

• 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。
• 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。
• His chauffeur-driven car and company mobile phone will be handed on to his successor.
  他那辆配有专职司机的轿车和公司手机将转交给他的继任者。
• His sunshine policy was bold and was continued by his successor, Roh Moo-hyun.
  他推行的“阳光政策”相当大胆，并得到了继任者卢武铉（rohmoo-hyun）的继续贯彻。
• 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。
• 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 had bowed out gracefully when his successor had been appointed.
  他在继任者被任命后体面地引退了。
• The President's designated successor is his son.
  总统的选定继承人是他的儿子。
• He has been designated as his father's successor.
  他被指定为他父亲的继承人。
• 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。