successor
noun
səkˈsesə
noun
1
someone
who
takes
a
job
or
position
previously
held
by
someone
else
继承人; 继任者，接班人;
His
successor
died
after
only
15
months
in
office.
他的继任者仅任职15 个月就去世了。
I’m
sure
she
will
be
a
worthy
successor
(=someone
who
is
very
good
and
deserves
to
be
someone’s
successor)
.
我确信她会是个当之无愧的接班人。
[+
to
]
her
successor
to
the
post
她职位的接替者
[+
as
]
Sloan
will
be
Barrett’s
successor
as
treasurer.
斯隆将接替巴雷特担任财务主管。
2
a
machine,
system
etc
that
exists
after
another
one
in
a
process
of
development
[正式] 〔机器、操作系统等的〕换代产品，接替的事物
formal
the
transistor’s
successor,
the
microchip
晶体管的换代产品 — 微晶片