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
Middle English: from Old French successour, from Latin successor, from the verb succedere (see succeed)