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

• And that successor would be you?
  那么那个继承人就是你了？
• His successor as Lord Chancellor was another liberal.
  他的大法官继承人又是一个自由党人。
• Austrian voters went to the polls this weekend to elect a successor to the President.
  奥地利选民这周末去投票中心选举下届总统。
• The vice president was the president's successor.
  副总统是总统的继任人。
• Sokagakkai was able to hand-pick his successor.
  创价学会可以仔细挑选其继任人。
• 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。
• 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。
• And I think it's about time I choose a successor.
  我想是时候选一个继任者了。
• Government sources are now openly speculating about a possible successor for Dr Lawrence
  官方消息人士在公开推测谁有可能成为接任劳伦斯博士的人选。
• The President's designated successor is his son.
  总统的选定继承人是他的儿子。