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succeed in doing sth
She succeeded in passing the exam.
她成功通过了考试。
成功
succeeding — present participle of succeed
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成功
to attain success or reach a desired goal
She succeeded in passing the exam.
她成功通过了考试。
在顺序或时间上跟随某事物；继...之后。
To follow something in sequence or time.
取代或替代某人在职位、头衔上
To replace or supplant someone in order vis-à-vis an office, position, or title.
跟随或接续；随后发生；常接to。
To come after or follow; to be subsequent or consequent; (often with to).
代替另一个人、事物或事件；紧随其后；继承
To come in the place of another person, thing, or event; to come next in the usual, natural, or prescribed course of things; to follow; hence, to come next in the possession of anything; (often with to).
succeed
Base
原形
succeeds
3rd person
第三人称单数
succeeding
-ing
现在分词
succeeded
Past
过去式
succeeded
Past participle
过去分词
She succeeds in her exams.
她考试成功。
He succeeded in business.
他生意成功了。
They are succeeding in the project.
他们正在项目上取得成功。
You will succeed if you try.
如果你尝试，你会成功。
If you keep trying, you will eventually succeed.
如果你继续尝试，你最终会成功。
She studied hard and succeeded in getting her dream job.
她努力学习，成功得到了梦想的工作。
A team can only succeed when everyone trusts each other.
一个团队只有在彼此信任时才能成功。
She succeeded in passing the exam.
她成功通过了考试。
He succeeded his father as CEO.
他接替父亲担任首席执行官。
Not this
He succeeded to pass the exam.
Use this
He succeeded in passing the exam.
动词succeed后应接介词in加动名词，而非接不定式to do。
Not this
He had a succeed in his career.
Use this
He had a success in his career.
succeed是动词，不能用作名词；表示“成功”的名词形式是success。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
成功做某事
She succeeded in passing the exam.
她成功通过了考试。
在某事上成功
He succeeded at the interview.
他面试成功了。
接替某人担任
She succeeded him as CEO.
她接替他担任首席执行官。
在生意上成功
Many entrepreneurs strive to succeed in business.
许多企业家努力在生意上取得成功。
超出预期地成功
The project succeeded beyond expectations.
该项目超出了预期的成功。
继承王位
The eldest son succeeded to the throne after the king's death.
国王去世后，长子继承了王位。
一事成功万事顺
After her first hit movie, she was flooded with offers. Nothing succeeds like success.
在她的第一部热门电影之后，她收到了大量邀请。一事成功万事顺。
如果一开始不成功，那就再接再厉
Don't give up after failing the exam. If at first you don't succeed, try, try again.
考试失败后不要放弃。如果一开始不成功，那就再接再厉。
如果一开始没有成功，那就再试一次。
This proverb encourages persistence, often cited in motivational contexts.
这句谚语鼓励坚持不懈，常在励志语境中被引用。
我一生中一次又一次地失败，这就是我成功的原因。
Michael Jordan, legendary basketball player, emphasizing the role of failure in achieving success.
传奇篮球运动员迈克尔·乔丹强调失败在成功中的作用。
Use succeeding naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
联想'succeed'为‘速赛’的谐音，快速参赛才能成功。
succeed作为‘成功’常用于日常及正式场合，语气中性；作为‘继承’则多用于法律、家族或职位继承情境，语体较正式。
All listed words end with the sound /iːd/ and rhyme with 'succeed'. Note the spelling variations: 'ceed' (succeed, proceed, exceed) vs 'eed' (seed, need, feed, deed).
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, OCTANOVE, WIKTIONARY.