Successor

[s?k?ses?r]

n. 繼任者;接替者;后續(xù)事務(wù)

Successor = suc-(下,低)+ -cess-(行走)+ -or(名詞詞尾,人),即走到底,引申詞義“繼任者、接替者”,比如legal successor法定/合法繼承人、 lawful successor合法繼承人、appropriate successor合適的接班人、successor auditor后任審計(jì)師。

Successor后常接to sb/sth,如name a successor to the General Manager任命總經(jīng)理接班人。其同近義詞inheritor主要指對(duì)財(cái)產(chǎn)的繼承,而successor包含對(duì)某一事業(yè)的繼承。

我們來看2個(gè)例句:

No successor has been identified.

至今沒有找到接替者。

The board must now scramble to appoint a successor.

董事會(huì)現(xiàn)在必須趕快任命繼任者。