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单词 success
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success
(səkses )
Word forms: successes
1. uncountable noun B1
Success is the achievement of something that you have been trying to do.
It's important for the long-term success of any diet that you vary your meals.
...the success of European business in building a stronger partnership between management and workers. [+ of]
Synonyms: victory, triumph, positive result, favourable outcome  
2. uncountable noun B1+
Success is the achievement of a high position in a particular field, for example in business or politics.
Nearly all of the young people interviewed believed that work was the key to success.
Synonyms: prosperity, riches, fortune, luck  
3. uncountable noun [usually with poss] B1+
The success of something is the fact that it works in a satisfactory way or has the result that is intended.
Most of the cast was amazed by the play's success.
They were enthused by the success of the first exhibition.
4. countable noun
Someone or something that is a success achieves a high position, makes a lot of money, or is admired a great deal.
The jewellery was a great success.
We hope it will be a commercial success.
Synonyms: hit [informal], winner, smash [informal], triumph  
Quotations:
Eighty percent of success is showing upWoody Allen
It is not enough to succeed. Others must failGore Vidal
Failure is inevitable. Success is elusiveSteven Spielberg
To succeed in the world we must look foolish but be wiseC.L. de MontesquieuPensées
Success has ruin'd many a manBenjamin FranklinPoor Richard's Almanack
The secret of business success is honesty and sincerity. If you can fake those, you've got it madeattributed to Groucho Marx
If A is success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shutAlbert Einstein
Success is relative;
It is what we can make of the mess we have made of things
T.S. EliotThe Family Reunion
success: the one unpardonable sin against one's fellowsAmbrose BierceThe Devil's Dictionary
Be nice to people on your way up because you'll meet ' em on your way downWilson Mizner
Nothing succeeds like success
There is always room at the top
Collocations:
achieve success
The success he has achieved with four clubs in four different countries is almost unprecedented.
The Sun (2015)
We knew how hard we had worked to achieve our success.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The best part is success and nurturing talent to achieve that success.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
commercial success
The commercial success of these shows is rather more difficult to explain.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
It has learnt to strike a balance between artistic sensibility and commercial success.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
All these firms have managed to transform an initial technological idea into a sustainable, commercial success.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
enjoy success
Sadly, few business people since have enjoyed as much success in government.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
She has not enjoyed great success with the voting public.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
He had apparently enjoyed little success.
Somewhere East of Life (1994)
huge success
But the show was such a huge success.
The Sun (2014)
It has been hailed as a huge success by the Treasury.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
His efforts were marvelous, and the campaign was a huge success.
Christianity Today (2000)
instant success
The book was an instant success.
THE HERBALIST: Nicholas Culpeper Rebel Physician (2004)
When she first signed, Rita expected instant success.
The Sun (2012)
Elite football demands instant success.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
notable success
There have been some notable successes.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
His footballing career has already had some notable successes.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
He said that two other films had already enjoyed notable success this year.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
phenomenal success
What is the secret of such phenomenal success?
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Kelvin passed away before he could witness his grandson's phenomenal success.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Our phenomenal success had in part come from employee ownership.
Sharing the Success - the story of NFC (1990)
runaway success
The product has been a runaway sales success.
The Sun (2009)
Designed as part of her masters degree project, it promises to be a runaway success.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
It would be fair to say the campaign hasn't been a runaway success.
The Sun (2012)
success is attributable to
His success is more attributable to his attitude.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
It taught our kids that success is directly attributable to hard work and effort.
The Sun (2010)
Its success is partly attributable to the numbers of overseas as well as domestic visitors it attracts.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
tremendous success
In any case, the election was a tremendous success.
Times, Sunday Times
Of course, it's all a tremendous success in the end.
Times, Sunday Times
He's been representing this club for a lot of time, with tremendous success.
Times, Sunday Times
And was a tremendous success, by the way.
Times, Sunday Times
We're reaching the business end of the tournament now and it's been a tremendous success, so those whingers are not going to win.
The Sun
ultimate success
Too often they have picked an ideologue with no hope of ultimate success.
Times, Sunday Times
He also emphasised that consistency will be the key to his ultimate success.
Times, Sunday Times
It exposes a fascinating disconnect between the perception of such ultimate success and the reality.
Times,Sunday Times
Success — the ultimate success, the 77-year kind of success — has had the opposite effect.
Times, Sunday Times
These are the gruelling rites of passage that risk-takers undergo as they navigate towards ultimate success.
Times, Sunday Times
unexpected success
She found unexpected success as a literary court reporter.
Times,Sunday Times
The party's unexpected success has buffed his credentials as a prime-minister-in-waiting.
Times, Sunday Times
Unexpected success for a relative sets up a memorable day for a family.
The Sun
An unexpected success - linked to sport or music - could get the family celebrating.
The Sun
Last year was an unexpected success for a team who proved more than the sum of their parts.
Times, Sunday Times
unprecedented success
Their unprecedented success has come despite hurdles that would have tripped up lesser acts.
The Sun
He has enjoyed unprecedented success as an investor over decades.
Times, Sunday Times
He achieves unprecedented success, but at a catastrophic price.
The Sun
It was irreverent yet warmhearted, appealed to young and old and was an unprecedented success.
The Sun
United can be thankful he followed his football dream instead after delivering almost two decades of unprecedented success.
The Sun
unqualified success
It seems to me the survey was an unqualified success, and suggests an engaged workforce.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Overall, the kitchen garden has been an unqualified success and we're now preparing for next season.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
So, all in all, an unqualified success.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
What a relief, therefore, to be able to report at last on an unqualified success.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
And I would call it an unqualified success.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
worldly success
I had my own income and a prior history of worldly success.
Times, Sunday Times
Forget worldly success, or the judgment of others: who do you know who has lived 'a good life'?
Times, Sunday Times
In our colleges and seminaries we infect students with the virus of worldly success.
Christianity Today
Despite this apparent worldly success, finances are tight.
Times, Sunday Times
You're not hungry for achievement and worldly success.
Christianity Today
Translations:
Chinese: 成功
Japanese: 成功
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