successor
noun /səkˈsesə(r)/
/səkˈsesər/
- successor (to somebody/something) a person or thing that comes after somebody/something else and takes their/its place
接替者；继任者；接替的事物；后继的事物 - Who's the likely successor to him as party leader?
谁较可能接替他担任党的领袖？ - 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。 - He chose as his successor a relative newcomer to the organization.
他选择了一个相对来说新加入这个组织的人作为他的继任者。
Topics Historyc1- She has been appointed as his successor.
她已被指定为他的接班人。 - She will hand over to her successor in one year's time.
她将在一年内向继任者移交权力。 - The former newsreader is being tipped as a possible successor to the outgoing Head of Broadcasting.
那名前新闻播音员被认为有可能接替即将离任的广播部主任。 - The new Ministry of Food is the successor to the old Department of Agriculture.
新的粮食部取代了原来的农业部。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- logical
- natural
- obvious
- …
- have
- appoint
- choose
- …
- take over
- as somebody’s successor
- successor as
- successor to
- …
- the appointment of a successor
- the choice of a successor
- the election of a successor
- …
词源Middle English: from Old French successour, from Latin successor, from the verb succedere ‘come close after’, from sub- ‘close to’ + cedere ‘go’. - Who's the likely successor to him as party leader?