successor
noun [ C ] uk/səkˈses.ər/ us/səkˈses.ɚ/
C1 继任者，接替者;继承人;接替的事物
someone or something that comes after another person or thing
The university is seeking a successor to its vice chancellor, who retires this spring. 大学在寻找一位继任者，接替将于今年春天退休的校长。
This range of computers is very fast, but their successors will be even faster. 这个系列的电脑速度很快，但它的换代产品速度会更快。
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- Traditionally, the president designates his or her successor.
- It remains to be seen whom the chairman will anoint as his successor.
- The hunt is on for a successor to Sir James Gordon.
- His name was mooted as a possible successor.
- The former leader now has to watch his successor unpicking much of what he strived so hard to achieve.