successor
🇬🇧 UK/sək'sesə/🇺🇸 US/sәk'sesә/
A2
Definitions
n.
A person or thing that immediately follows and takes the place of another in a role, title, or office
继承者;继任者;接班人
🧩 Root Breakdown
Root-derivedCommon Collocations
- 1.name a successor指定继任者
- 2.chosen successor钦定的接班人
- 3.worthy successor称职的继任者
- 4.legal successor合法继承人
Example Sentences
- 1.
The CEO named her successor before retiring from the company last spring.
- 2.
The new smartphone is a worthy successor to the previous model.
- 3.
Finding a capable successor remains the board's most pressing challenge.