プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)の解説
こうけい【後継】
succession
後継者
a successor ((to))；〔相続人〕〔男〕an heir，〔女〕an heiress
息子が会長の後継者になった
He succeeded his father as chairman of the board.
だれがあなたの後継者になるのですか
Who will 「succeed to your post [take over your position]?
多くの農家は後継者不足に悩んでいる
Many farmers are suffering from a lack of successors [(young) people to take over after them].
後継内閣
the new [incoming] cabinet; the succeeding government