succeed
Definitions
To achieve a desired aim or result; to do well
成功，达成目标
To take over a position, title, or role from someone who held it before
继任，接替；继承
Root Breakdown
Root-derivedsuc- (sub-, "up from under / right after") + ceed (go) = "to come up right after." Come right after someone in a role → succeed them (be the successor). If your effort "comes off" as planned → succeed = achieve your goal. One root, two everyday meanings.
Root ced still carries 90 more wordsWhy It Means This
The two meanings share one image: "coming right after." If you come after someone in office, you succeed them (succession, successor). If a plan "comes off" the way you hoped, it succeeds (success). English kept both branches of the same Latin verb alive.
Common Collocations
- 1.succeed in doing成功做到某事
- 2.succeed as成功担任……
- 3.succeed to the throne继承王位
- 4.strive to succeed努力争取成功
Example Sentences
- 1.
She worked for years before she finally began to succeed.
- 2.
Few startups succeed in their first year of operation.
- 3.
He succeeded his father as chairman of the company.
- 4.
Queen Elizabeth succeeded to the throne in 1952.