詞彙精選：succeed的用法和辨析
一、詳細釋義：
v.
成功，辦妥；獲得成效(+in) [I]
例句：
If at first you don't succeed, try, try again.
初試不成功，努力勿懈怠。
例句：
He was utterly ruthless in his determination to succeed.
他下定決心爭取成功。
繼任；繼承(+to) [I]
例句：
The millionaire's eldest son will succeed to his estate.
這百萬富翁的長子將繼承他的產業。
發跡；興旺(+in) [I]
例句：
His firm will certainly grow and succeed.
他的公司一定會興旺發達起來。
接着發生；接連(+to) [I]
例句：
Year succeeds to year.
年復一年。
接替；繼承 [T]
例句：
He has been widely tipped as the President's successor to succeed the President.
很多人認爲他將繼任總統。
例句：
The son of a mandarin has no prescriptive right to succeed his father.
高級官員的兒子沒有法定的權力繼承他的父親。
繼...之後；接續 [T]
例句：
The board picked the finance director to succeed the retiring general manager.
董事會選擇財務主管接替總經理的位置。
二、詞義辨析：
continue,resume,succeed,go on
這些動詞或短語動詞均有“繼續”之意。continue普通用詞。或指持續而不停止，或有一段中斷後又繼續下去。resume指中斷後的繼續。succeed側重指有規律地連續。go on通俗用詞，多用於口語中。go on+-ing表暫停後繼續做原事，即後繼續的內容與原來的內容相同。go on+不定式指做完某事後，接着做不同的另一件事。
三、參考例句：
May you succeed!
祝你成功！
One cannot succeed without perseverance.
人無毅力不能成功。
He will succeed to the throne.
他將繼承王位。
She is ambitious to succeed in business.
她立志要事業有成。
They succeed in climbing the mountain.
他們成功地登上了山。
Some people succeed and others fail.
有人成功有人失敗。
Did he succeed in (passing) the examination?
他考試及格了嗎？
The millionaire's eldest son will succeed to his estate.
這百萬富翁的長子將繼承他的產業。
Hard graft is the only way to succeed in business.
艱苦奮鬥是在事業上成功的唯一途徑。
She was filled with the aspiration to succeed in life.
她渴望有所成就。
