succeed

英[s?k'si?d] 美[s?k'sid]

第三人稱單數(shù):?succeeds;過去式:?succeeded;過去分詞:?succeeded;現(xiàn)在分詞:?succeeding;

succeed 達到目的，成功，接替，繼任

suc-,在下，在后，-ceed,走，詞源同 accede,proceed.即跟在后面走，引申詞義接替，繼任，達成目的，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.: 我隱隱覺得他們恐怕要成功了。

2. He was too inexperienced and too inexpert to succeed.: 他太缺乏經(jīng)驗，太不熟練，難以成功。

3. They are waiting anxiously to see who will succeed him.: 他們焦急地等待著看誰會接替他上任。

4. He sacrificed his own career so that his avaricious brother could succeed.: 他犧牲了自己的事業(yè)，這樣他貪婪的弟弟才能成功。

5. His natural shrewdness tells him what is needed to succeed.: 他與生俱來的精明告訴他成功所需要的一切。