succeeding
/səkˈsiːd/ (bre, ipa) · [səksˈidɪŋ] /səkˈsiːd/ (ame, ipa)
succeeding — 動詞
- succeedingpresent simple I / you / we / they
- succeedings3rd person singular
- succeedinging-ing form
- succeedingedpast simple
1. to reach a goal you have been working toward, or for a plan, project, or attempt
成功
達成努力的目標或讓計畫產生想要的結果
to reach a goal you have been working toward, or for a plan, project, or attempt to bring about the result you wanted.
Eli finally succeeded in baking a sourdough loaf with a crispy crust.
Eli 終於成功烤出一條外皮酥脆的酸種麵包。
succeed in + -ing (typical pattern for achieving a personal goal)
The fundraising campaign succeeded beyond what the village council had hoped for.
募款活動的成功遠超出村議會原本的期望。
intransitive use with abstract subject (plan, project, campaign)
After two failed attempts at the climbing wall, Rania succeeded on her third try.
在攀岩牆上失敗兩次之後，Rania 在第三次嘗試時成功了。
Few small bakeries succeed at staying open through their first winter.
很少有小麵包店能成功撐過開店第一個冬天。
Tariro and her sister succeeded in raising enough money to repair the school roof.
Tariro 和她妹妹成功募到足夠的錢來修學校的屋頂。
- manage
more conversational; emphasises overcoming difficulty
- achieve
transitive; takes the goal as a direct object (`achieve a goal`) rather than `in + -ing`
- accomplish
slightly formal; stresses completing a specific task
文法句型
succeed in + -ing
succeed at + noun
用法筆記
Frequently followed by `in + -ing` when the goal is an action; followed by `at` when the goal is an activity or skill. Subject can be a person, plan, project, business, or attempt.
常見錯誤
2. to take over an official position, title, or property from another person, typic
繼任；接任
接替他人的職位、頭銜或繼承財產
to take over an official position, title, or property from another person, typically because that person has left, retired, or died.
Nadia succeeded her grandfather as chair of the family publishing house.
Nadia 接任她祖父的位置，成為家族出版社的董事長。
succeed [person] as [role] — most common pattern for replacing someone
When Queen Margrethe abdicated, her eldest son succeeded to the Danish throne.
瑪格麗特女王退位後，由她的長子繼任丹麥王位。
succeed to + the throne / a title (formal inheritance sense)
Reuben succeeded Aoi as principal of the small island school last September.
Reuben 於去年九月接任 Aoi 成為小島學校的校長。
Lucía will succeed the retiring head nurse at the village clinic next month.
Lucía 將於下個月接任退休的村診所護理長。
- replace
neutral and broader; works for any job, not just official titles
- take over from
informal; phrasal verb close in meaning
- inherit
stresses receiving property or title, not necessarily filling a role
- precede
to come before someone in a role rather than after
文法句型
succeed someone as something
succeed to a title
succeed to the throne
用法筆記
Often passive in formal writing (`was succeeded by`). Distinguish from sense 3: this sense focuses on the OFFICE or TITLE being taken over, while sense 3 is plain temporal sequence with no role transfer.
常見錯誤
3. for one event, period, or thing to come right after another in time or order, wi
緊接其後
在時間或順序上緊跟在另一事物之後
for one event, period, or thing to come right after another in time or order, without any idea of taking over a role.
A long drought succeeded the heavy spring rains across the central valley.
中央山谷在春季豪雨之後，緊接著出現一場長期的乾旱。
[weather event] succeed [weather event] — natural temporal sequence
Years of quiet farming succeeded the noisy gold rush in that mountain town.
在那座山城，喧鬧的淘金熱之後，緊接而來的是多年寧靜的農耕生活。
Christopher noticed that a heavy silence succeeded every angry outburst from his uncle.
Christopher 注意到，他叔叔每次發完脾氣之後，總會緊跟著一片沉重的沉默。
A new exhibition on coastal birds succeeded the popular dinosaur display at the museum.
博物館裡，一場關於沿海鳥類的新展覽緊接在熱門的恐龍展之後登場。
- follow
much more common in everyday English; same meaning here
- come after
neutral and conversational alternative
- precede
to come before in time or sequence
文法句型
[event A] succeed [event B]
用法筆記
Distinguish from sense 2: no role transfer — only temporal order. Subjects and objects are typically events, periods, or items in a sequence, not people. Common in narrative or historical writing.