successors

IPA/səkˈses.ər/
KK[səksˈɛsɚz]IPA/səkˈses.ɚ/

successors — 名詞

  • successorssingular
  • successorsesplural

1. People or things that take the place of earlier people or things, especially in

1.名詞B2
釋義

後任；後繼品

接替先前的人或事物

People or things that take the place of earlier people or things, especially in a role, title, or newer version of a product.

例句

Christopher trained two successors before he left the family company.

Christopher 離開家族公司前，先培養了兩位後任。

pattern: train + successors before leaving a role

Jisoo's successors at the bakery kept her sweet bun recipe alive.

Jisoo 在麵包店的後任把她的甜麵包食譜保留下來。

possessive pattern: [person]'s successors

常見搭配
  • train successors
  • choose successors
  • possible successors
  • political successors
  • successors to the throne
  • successors to the model
  • later successors
同義詞
  • heirs

    usually refers to family, legal, or royal inheritance rather than ordinary work transitions

  • replacements

    more general and often less formal; can also describe temporary fill-ins

  • followers

    can mean later people in a sequence, but often suggests supporters instead of official next holders

反義詞
  • predecessors

    the people or things that held the role or existed before the later ones

  • forerunners

    earlier people or things that prepare the way, not those that take over afterward

文法句型

successors to [person/thing]

possible successors

train successors

用法筆記

Often followed by 'to' when naming what came before. With people, it usually suggests an official or planned handover; with products or systems, it points to newer versions that replace older ones.

常見錯誤

The board met the company's predecessors after the director retired.
The board met the company's successors after the director retired.
'Predecessors' are the people or things that came earlier, not the ones taking over later.

同根字

常見搭配

名詞搭配

  • political successors
  • royal successors
  • software successors

常用片語

  • train successors
  • name successors
  • search for successors

介系詞搭配

  • successors to
  • successors of