- 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。
Extra ExamplesTopics Historyc1She 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。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- logical
- natural
- obvious
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- have
- appoint
- choose
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- take over
- as somebody’s successor
- successor as
- successor to
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- the appointment of a successor
- the choice of a successor
- the election of a successor
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Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French successour, from Latin successor, from the verb succedere ‘come close after’, from sub- ‘close to’ + cedere ‘go’.