1. 達(dá)到目的;成功做成;辦到
    If you succeed in doing something, you manage to do it.

    e.g. We have already succeeded in working out ground rules with the Department of Defense...
           我們已經(jīng)成功地與國防部敲定了基本原則。
    e.g. Some people will succeed in their efforts to stop smoking...
           一些人經(jīng)過努力可以成功戒煙。

2. 取得預(yù)期效果;表現(xiàn)良好
    If something succeeds, it works in a satisfactory way or has the result that is intended.

    e.g. If marriage is to succeed in the 1990's, then people have to recognise the new pressures it is facing.
           在 20 世紀(jì) 90 年代人們要想婚姻美滿，那就不得不認(rèn)識到它所面臨的新壓力。
    e.g. ...a move which would make any future talks even more unlikely to succeed.
           可能使今后的所有對話都更加難以取得什么成果的舉動

3. 功成名就;有作為
    Someone who succeeds gains a high position in what they do, for example in business or politics.

    e.g. ...the skills and qualities needed to succeed in small and medium-sized businesses.
           經(jīng)營好中小企業(yè)所需的技能和素質(zhì)

4. 接替;繼任
    If you succeed another person, you are the next person to have their job or position.

    e.g. David Rowland is almost certain to succeed him as chairman on January 1...
           戴維·羅蘭將在 1 月 1 日接替他任主席幾乎已成定局。
    e.g. The present ruler, Prince Rainier III, succeeded to the throne on 9 May 1949.
           現(xiàn)任元首，蘭尼埃三世親王于 1949 年 5 月 9 日繼位。

5. 在…之后;隨…其后
    If one thing is succeeded by another thing, the other thing happens or comes after it.

    e.g. A quick divorce can be succeeded by a much longer — and more agonising — period of haggling over the fate of the family.
           閃電式離婚后可能緊接著就是一段在家庭命運上互相糾結(jié)的更加漫長、更加痛苦的時期。