The technologically compromised space shuttle program has just come to an end, with no successor.
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柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
N-COUNT
接任者;继承者
Someone's successor is the person who takes their job after they have left.
例句
He set out several principles that he hopes will guide his successors...他制订了几条原则,希望可以引导继任者。...several critics hailed him then as the greatest living Scottish poet, the natural successor to his old friend Hugh MacDiarmid.紧接着,一些评论家称赞他为当今苏格兰最伟大的诗人,是他的老朋友休·麦克迪尔米德理所当然的接班人。
英汉词典释义
n.
接替的人或事物, 继任者, 继承人
When will they name a successor?他们什么时候会任命继承人?
英英词典释义
Noun
1. a person who follows next in order;
"he was President Lincoln's successor"
2. a thing or person that immediately replaces something or someone