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 | +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。 |
| +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。 |
| | a | 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。 | |
| | b | used about someone who continues the work of , or 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。 | |