successor meaning in English
n.
继承人；继任者，接班人；后继者 (opp. predecessor); 顶替者 (to)。 unworthy successors 不肖子孙。 successors to a cause of ... 某一事业之后继者。
Examples
- The bishop had appointed no successor to him .
主教没有委派一个继任人。 - The successor to headmaster has already been chosen .
校长的后任已经选定。 - He drove away potential successors .
他赶走了潜在的继承人。 - Gunpowder was the lineal successor of the greek fire .
火药是希腊火的直接衍生物。 - He saw in the young man his natural successor .
他觉得这个青年最适宜做他的继承人。