succeed

英 [sək'siːd] 美[sək'sid]

反义词

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第三人称单数: succeeds;过去式: succeeded;过去分词: succeeded;现在分词: succeeding;

succeed 达到目的，成功，接替，继任

suc-,在下，在后，-ceed,走，词源同 accede,proceed.即跟在后面走，引申词义接替，继任，达成目的，成功。

succeed: succeed: [15] To succeed someone is etymologically to ‘go next to them’, hence to follow them. The word comes via Old French succeder from Latin succēdere, a compound verb formed from the prefix sub- ‘under’ (used here in the sense ‘next below’, hence ‘next to, after’) and cēdere ‘go’ (source also of English cede, exceed, proceed, etc). The notion of ‘getting near to something’ evolved in Latin into ‘doing well, prospering’ – whence the other main meaning of English succeed.
=> cede, excede, proceed, success
succeed (v.): late 14c., intransitive and transitive, "come next after, follow after another; take the place of another, be elected or chosen for" a position, from Old French succeder "to follow on" (14c.) and directly from Latin succedere "come after, follow after; go near to; come under; take the place of," also "go from under, mount up, ascend," hence "get on well, prosper, be victorious," from sub "next to, after" (see sub-) + cedere "go, move" (see cede).

Meaning "to continue, endure" is from early 15c. The sense of "turn out well, have a favorable result" in English is first recorded late 15c., with ellipsis of adverb (succeed well). Of persons, "to be successful," from c. 1500. Related: Succeeded; succeeding.

1. I have a sneaking suspicion that they are going to succeed.: 我隐隐觉得他们恐怕要成功了。

3. They are waiting anxiously to see who will succeed him.: 他们焦急地等待着看谁会接替他上任。

4. He sacrificed his own career so that his avaricious brother could succeed.: 他牺牲了自己的事业，这样他贪婪的弟弟才能成功。

5. His natural shrewdness tells him what is needed to succeed.: 他与生俱来的精明告诉他成功所需要的一切。