单词 | succeeding |
释义 | succeeding (once / 505 pages) adj WORD FAMILY succeeding: succeedingly+/succeed: succeeded, succeeder, succeeding, succeeds, succession, successive, successor/succeeder: succeeders/succession: successions/successive: successively, successiveness/successor: successors USAGE EXAMPLESAfter Roosevelt won that election as well as the succeeding one in 1944, hostility from Republicans towards his actions led to the 22nd amendment’s passage. The Guardian(Dec 26, 2016) There are more recent examples of succeeding generations switching party. BBC(Dec 25, 2016) She was secretary of state in the Development Ministry when Mr. Dragnea was its minister, succeeding him when he stepped down in 2015. New York Times(Dec 21, 2016) 1adj coming after or following Syn|Ant subsequent following in time or order back-to-back, consecutiveone after the other ensuingfollowing immediately and as a result of what went before following, undermentionedabout to be mentioned or specified following, nextimmediately following in time or order in linebeing next in a line of succession postmortemafter death or after an event preceding existing or coming before antecedentpreceding in time or order aboveappearing earlier in the same text above-mentioned, above-namedmentioned or named earlier in the same text foregoingespecially of writing or speech; going before introductory, prefatorial, prefatoryserving as an introduction or preface precedentpreceding in time, order, or significance premedicalpreceding and preparing for the study of medicine preparative, preparatory, propaedeuticpreceding and preparing for something old, previousjust preceding something else in time or order 2adj (of elected officers) elected but not yet serving Syn future, next incoming arriving at a place or position |
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