successor

successor
noun
  1. a person or thing that succeeds another
    继任者;继承人;后续的事物;接替的事物
    Schoenberg saw himself as a natural successor to the German romantic school.
    舍恩贝格把自己看作是德国浪漫派的自然继承人。
语源
  1. Middle English: from Old French successour, from Latin successor, from the verb succedere (see succeed)
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