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

• I appointed Mary as my successor.
  我指派玛莉为我的继任者。
• 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。
• His successor as Lord Chancellor was another liberal.
  他的大法官继承人又是一个自由党人。
• You want the world to say your my successor?
  你想要天下人都说你是我的继承人？
• His resignation raised the question of his successor.
  他的辞职引起了谁来接他的任的问题。
• He is president bush's successor.
  他是总统布什的接班人。
• He gave over charge of his office to his successor today.
  他今天向继任者交接了工作。
• And that successor would be you?
  那么那个继承人就是你了？
• 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。
• 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。