successor
successor — 名詞
1. A person who is chosen to take over an official role, job, or position after the
接任者
接替他人職務或位置的人
A person who is chosen to take over an official role, job, or position after the previous person has left. The word can also describe a product, machine, or system that replaces an earlier version.
The board of directors named Soraya as Chen's successor after her thirty years as CEO.
董事會任命 Soraya 接替 Chen，擔任她做了三十年的執行長一職。
passive: 'named [person] as [possessive] successor'
When the museum director retired, her successor brought a fresh approach to the exhibitions.
美術館館長退休後，她的接任者為展覽帶來了全新的做法。
preposition: 'successor + pronoun + verb' describing transition
The new tablet model is a worthy successor to the bestselling design from two years ago.
這款新平板電腦是兩年前暢銷機種的出色後繼產品。
Tomás was surprised to learn he would be the dean's chosen successor.
Tomás 得知自己將是院長欽定的接任者時，感到相當意外。
Historians still debate whether the successor truly carried out the founder's original vision.
歷史學家至今仍在爭論，這位繼任者是否真正落實了創辦人的最初願景。
- heir
limited to inheriting a title, property, or family role; less common for appointed jobs
- replacement
more neutral and can be temporary; does not imply an official or planned handover
- inheritor
focuses on receiving a legacy or tradition, not necessarily a formal position
- substitute
often short-term or acting; not the permanent next person in line
- predecessor
the person who held the position before the current office-holder
- forerunner
earlier person or thing that paved the way; less formal than 'predecessor'
文法句型
[possessive] successor
successor to [position/person]
用法筆記
Commonly paired with a possessive (his/her/their successor) or the preposition 'to' (successor to the throne). When referring to things, the adjective 'worthy' is a frequent modifier (a worthy successor).