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successor

🇬🇧 UK/sək'sesə/🇺🇸 US/sәk'sesә/
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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-derived
subunder, below
+
cessgo, yield, move
+
orone who does, agent
=successor

Common 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.

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