succeed
/səkˈsiːd/verb
1
- no obj. achieve what one aims or wants to成功：
he succeeded in winning a pardon.
他成功地赢得赦免。
1.1
- (of a plan, request, or undertaking) lead to the desired result（计划, 请求, 任务）取得预期结果：
a mission which could not possibly succeed.
不可能完成的任务。
2
- with obj. take over a throne, inheritance, office, or other position from接替; 继承：
he would succeed Hawke as Prime Minister.
他将接替霍克成为首相。
2.1
- no obj. become the new rightful holder of an inheritance, office, title, or property接任; 继承：
he succeeded to his father's kingdom.
他继承了父亲的王国。
2.2
- come after and take the place of继…之后, 接替：
her embarrassment was succeeded by fear.
她先是尴尬, 继而感到很害怕。
短语
nothing succeeds like success
- proverb success leads to opportunities for further and greater successes〈谚〉一事成功百事顺。
派生词
succeeder
noun （〈古〉）词源
late Middle English: from Old French succeder or Latin succedere 'come close after', from sub- 'close to' + cedere 'go'.