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successor

noun
 
🔊/səkˈsesə(r)/
🔊/səkˈsesər/
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  1. 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.他选择了该组织的一个相对较新的成员作为接班人。
    compare predecessor
    Extra Examples
    • 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。
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    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • logical
    • natural
    • obvious
    • …
    verb + successor
    • have
    • appoint
    • choose
    • …
    successor + verb
    • take over
    preposition
    • as somebody’s successor
    • successor as
    • successor to
    • …
    phrases
    • 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’.