succeedsuc•ceed /sək'siːd/

vi

1. 成功；获得成效；达到目的

• I'm sure that he will succeed if he works hard. 我相信如果努力他就会成功。

• The anti-smoking campaign has only partly succeeded. 禁烟运动刚刚取得一些成效。

• He's absolutely determined to succeed in life. 他决心要实现自己的人生目的。

2. 继任；继承

• He succeeded upon the death of the chairman. 主席一死即由他继任。

3. 接连发生

• If the king has no child,who will succeed? 如果国王没有子嗣，谁来继承王位？

vt

1. 接替；继承

• a new generation of computers designed to succeed their existing range 设计替代现有种类的新一代计算机

• The prince will succeed his father on the throne. 王子将继承父亲的王位。

2. 继…之后；接续

• A silence succeeded my words. 我的话说完后是一片寂静。