someone who has an important position after someone else. Someone who has the position before someone else is called their predecessor 继承人;继位人;继任人 successor to : They haven't yet named a successor to the outgoing CEO. 他们还未指定继任者接替即将离任的首席执行官。
successor as : His successor as president of the council was Enrique Baron. 接替他担任委员会主席的是恩里克·巴伦。
find/appoint/choose a successor : the meeting to appoint a successor to Dr Yates 任命耶茨博士继任人的会议
possible/ likely/potential successor : He had been widely regarded as a possible successor to Kohl. 他已被普遍地看作是科尔可能的继承人。
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used about something such as an organization or machine that replaces something that did the same job before (组织、机器等的)接替物 The Russian Federal Security Service is the main successor to the KGB. 俄罗斯联邦安全局是克格勃的主要接替机构。
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used about someone who continues the work of, or who reaches the standard of, someone who came before them 接班人 a worthy/natural/true successor : She proved herself a worthy successor. 她证明自己是个合格的接班人。
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