我觉得是不是应该翻译成， “波音公司为了填补菲尔•康迪特离去的空缺，让本来打算退休的哈里斯通塞弗德继任，哈里斯通塞弗德是业内行家，曾任公司总裁及首席运行官。” --楼上说得对。

So Boeing sought to plug the gap by hauling Harry Stonecipher, an industry veteran who had previously acted as the company's president and chief operating officer, out of retirement。

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