succeed[sək'si:d]

• vi.
  • 如愿以偿；达到预期目的；[古语]有所结果：

    Our efforts succeeded.

    我们的一切努力终于有了结果。

    He won't succeed in saving that boy's life.

    他救不活那个男孩。

  • 兴旺，繁荣；生长：

    His firm will certainly grow and succeed.

    他的公司一定会兴旺发达起来。

    Grass will not succeed in this dry soil.

    在这种干燥的土壤上，草是无法生长的。

  • 成功，办成：

    He succeeded in his efforts to get the champion.

    他经过艰苦的努力，终于成功地取得了冠军。

    He has succeeded at his plan.

    他的计划大功告成了。

  • 继承，继任(常与to连用)：

    to succeed to one's throne

    继承王位

  • 继续，接着发生(常与to连用)：

    Year succeeds to year.

    年复一年。

    The car collision succeeded on the expressway due to a dense fog.

    因为浓雾，在高速公路上发生了连续撞车事件。

  • [废语]遗留，被继承(与to连用)
• vt.
  • 继承，继任，接替：

    We will succeed his undertaking that he has not finished.

    我们要继承他未完成的事业。

    Who will succeed his post?

    谁将接替他的职位?

  • 接续，连续；继…之后：

    The warm applause succeeded each of his word.

    他每说完一句话便是一次热烈的掌声。

• 近义词:

  flourish prosper

• 反义词:

  fail

• 短语:
  • succeed someone as 接任某人的职务
  • succeed someone in 继某人的爵位(或官衔、职权等)