succeed, success, successful的用法

succeed, success, successful的用法

一、succeed的用法

◆他的计划成功了。

误：His plan was succeeded.

正：His plan succeeded.

析：succeed 表示“成功”，是不及物动词，因此不能用于被动语态。

◆他终于把那个问题解决了。

误：At last he succeeded to solve the problem.

正：At last he succeeded in solving the problem.

析：表示做某事做成功了，succeed 后通常不接不定式，而接 indoing sth。又如：He succeeded in getting the job.，She succeeded in the exam.。注：有时此结构可用作反语，如：I tried toclean the watch, but only succeeded in breaking it.。

◆继邱吉尔出任首相的是谁?

误：Who succeeded after Churchill as Prime Minister?

正：Who succeeded Churchill as Prime Minister?

析：succeed 表示“接替”，是及物动词，其后无需用介词 after。但它若表示“继承”，则是不及物的，后跟宾语时带介词 to，如：She succeeded to the mayoralty.，比较：She succeeded him to the mayoralty.。

二、success的用法

◆失败是成功之母。

误：Failure is the mother of successes.

正：Failure is the mother of success.

析：success 表示抽象意义的“成功”，是不可数的；表示具体意 义的“成功的人或事”, 则是可数的。比较：Gig sucess does not usually occur early.，His new book was a great success.。再比较：He has had great success in business.，He was a great success in business.。

◆你说服她改变主意了吗?

误：Did you have any success to persuade her to change her mind?

正：Did you have any success in persuading her to change her mind?

析：have success in doing sth＝做某事有结果或效果。又如：What success did you have in finding a new job?

三、successful的用法

◆演出很成功。

误：The performance was successive.

正：The performance was successful.

析：successful＝成功的；successive＝连续的，接连的，一连串的。如：We have won five successive games. 。

◆你想找所新房子你找到了吗?

误：Were you successful to find a new house?

正：Were you successful in finding a new house?

析：表示成功地做某事，be successful 后不能接不定式，而是接 in doing sth，又如：They were successful in launching a communication satellite. 。