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单词 success
释义
successsuc‧cess /səkˈses/ ●●● S1 W1 noun [countable, uncountable] Word Origin
WORD ORIGINsuccess
Origin:
1500-1600 Latin past participle of succedere; ➔ SUCCEED
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • Success in business depends on hard work, determination, and good ideas.
  • After her recent successes in Tokyo and New York, Bjork has returned to perform in England.
  • Auster was surprised at the success of his latest novel.
  • Critics have been astonished at the film's success.
  • Many first-class students go on to have even greater success.
  • The concert was a great success.
  • The president believed that his approach was the only one with any chance of success.
  • The unprecedented success of Mitchell's work inspired a generation of writers.
  • their fourth success in a row
  • With a such a strong team, France are heading for certain success.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • Even after Food and Drug Administration approval, success is far from certain.
  • In his diaries he looks forward to future success, but it was his artistic success that he sought before financial security.
  • It was the reason he had poured so much effort, care and attention into ensuring the joke's success.
  • Of course, I knew my success would cause resentment.
  • The book was an immediate success.
  • These approaches produced successes, and the subfield of expert systems became commercially viable.
  • This year's children's party - to which parents were also invited - was a great success.
Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatorsomething that you succeed in doing
when someone or something is successful: · The president believed that his approach was the only one with any chance of success.· After her recent successes in Tokyo and New York, Bjork has returned to perform in England.· Auster was surprised at the success of his latest novel.· Critics have been astonished at the film's success.be a success: · The concert was a great success.success in: · Success in business depends on hard work, determination, and good ideas.(a) big/huge/outstanding etc success: · Many first-class students go on to have even greater success.
something important that you succeed in doing by your own efforts and that other people admire: · Winning three gold medals is a remarkable achievement.· They read about his achievements in the press, and were filled with pride.· He didn't realize until much later what a spectacular achievement his father made in getting his commission as an officer. · Todd always downplayed his athletic achievements.
when you gradually get closer to the result you want to achieve: · We are very pleased with your son's progress at school.· a progress reportprogress in: · Progress in technology has changed people's lives dramatically.progress towards: · We are making steady progress towards equal status for men and women.make progress: · Yes, we've made progress. But there's so much more to do.· The two sides are making some progress toward a compromise.
an important discovery or achievement, especially one that happens suddenly after people have been trying for a long time: · This was an important breakthrough that had an enormous impact on the scientific community.breakthrough in: · Scientists are claiming a major breakthrough in the treatment of AIDS.· The technique is being described as a breakthrough in the field of tele-medicine.make a breakthrough: · Police say they have made a breakthrough in their search for the killer of Diane Sutton.
something good that someone has succeeded in doing and that they are proud of doing: · The Society is giving a dinner for top businesswomen, to reward and recognize their accomplishments.· The team's undefeated run this year is an outstanding accomplishment.· The establishment of full diplomatic relations with China was a major accomplishment of the Carter administration.
when a company or product is successful
· Unless we make a product that people want, we are not going to be successful.· To be successful, agencies must have in place a first-rate financial management system. · The new playstation has been less successful than the previous version.· The campaign was so successful that Harvard Business School adopted it as a case study.
if a company or product does well , it is successful, especially in difficult conditions or when it has not existed for very long: · If the firm does well, your shares will be worth far more than you paid for them.· The producer would only say that sales of the video were 'doing very well indeed.'
if a company, product, film etc is a success , it makes a lot of money because a lot of people use it, buy it, or go to see it: · There was a lot of uncertainty about whether or not the picture would be a success.· We've started our own business. If it's a success we should be earning at least $3,000 per month.· The movie was, not surprisingly, a huge commercial success for Jordan.· The show was an even bigger success than he had dreamed.
if a company or product succeeds , it becomes successful and can continue to do business or be produced: · Even in remote areas people open restaurants, and surprisingly enough, they succeed.· Who'd think of designing a virtual rock-climbing game? Microsoft did, and it succeeded.
if a company, or industry thrives , it is very successful, especially because economic conditions are good or because a lot of people want to buy or use its products: · The IT explosion means that telecommunications companies are thriving.· It is still unclear whether dotcom companies will continue to thrive in the long-term future.
if a company, or industry prospers , it is successful and is able to make good profits because of good economic conditions or good management: · Over the next few years, our little bar prospered and grew in popularity.· India's software companies have prospered by keeping costs to a bare minimum.
when something has the result that you want it to have
if something that you plan to do or try to do succeeds , you get the result that you hoped for: · Both sides could make these talks succeed by seeking a real and lasting peace.· As long as the financial crisis continues, economic reform cannot possibly succeed.succeed in doing something: · None of the measures taken by the government have succeeded in reducing the spread of violent crime.
if something that you plan to do or try to do is successful you get the result that you hoped for: · If the treatment is successful, she could be back at school next month.· a small but successful program to boost the number of African-Americans getting into collegehighly successful (=very successful): · It was a highly successful campaign.the most successful: · This has been Baltimore's most successful art show ever.so successful (. . . that): · The case of Thailand illustrates why family planning programs have been so successful in many countries. prove successful (=be successful): · The scheme was started in January 2000, and has proved largely successful.
if a plan or method works , it produces the result that you want: · "I can't open this jar." "Try putting it under hot water. That sometimes works."· I think your treatment worked Arnie, my headache's gone.· The recipe works just as well if you cook the fish in a microwave.
if something goes well , such as a meeting, party, or performance, everything happens in the way you wanted and there are no problems: · Ray met my parents for the first time this weekend, and it went really well.· The audition was OK, but it could have gone better I suppose.· Most people seem to think the party went well.go well for: · Good luck with the project, and I hope everything goes well for you.
if a plan, method etc has some success , it is fairly successful: · The early warning system has had some success; for example Pacific coast residents get four hours notice of a potential earthquake.· Only in the late 1990s did efforts to reduce sectarian violence have some success.
if something comes out right or turns out right , it succeeds in the end when it had seemed as though it would fail: · People enjoy romantic fiction because it offers a reassurance that things will always come out right.· Just when it looks as though everything will turn out right, tragedy strikes and Jenny dies of a fatal illness.come out right in the end: · She's scared she'll fail her exams, but I think everything'll come out right in the end.
if something that you arrange such as a party or trip comes off , it happens successfully even though there are problems in arranging it: · We had hoped to organize a trip to the theatre tonight, but it didn't come off.· Good try Tim. Shame it didn't quite come off.
if hard work, effort, a risk etc pays off , it has a successful result at a later time: · I think if you show a bit more consideration for other road users, you'll find it pays off.· We put a lot of hard work into local initiatives, and that's really starting to pay off now.
if a plan, idea, or action bears fruit , it has the successful result that it was intended to have, especially after a long period of time: · The campaign for debt relief will not bear fruit for another two or three years. · I hope you feel your involvement has been worthwhile and has borne fruit.
a meeting, discussion etc that is fruitful is successful, useful, and produces good results: · So far, the investigation has not been very fruitful.· This was one of the most fruitful debates of the conference.· If the talks prove fruitful, the working groups will start bargaining in May.
to succeed in doing something
to do something that you hoped to do, tried to do, or wanted to do: · She wanted to be the first woman to climb Mount Everest and she almost succeeded.· I tried to reassure Billy's mother that it was a passing phase, but I don't think I succeeded.· Muir succeeds where other designers have failed -- her clothes are original, yet stylish.succeed in doing something: · In one year, we've succeeded in increasing profits by 40%.succeed at: · I admired Goldie, because she had succeeded at a task that had even defeated my mother.
to succeed in doing something difficult after trying very hard, especially when you almost do not succeed: · Martin still hasn't got his invalidity pension sorted out, but he's managing all right at the moment.· If you hadn't have been here, I don't think I would have managed.· I don't know how he managed it, but the crisis is over.· Can you manage that door Mike? It looks awfully heavy.manage to do something: · He finally managed to find an apartment near his office.· At least three hostages managed to escape.manage with/without something: · Well, I suppose we could just about manage without electricity for the night.
to succeed in doing something, especially something that needs a lot of work or effort such as passing a test or getting a job: · Does Joey have a realistic chance of being successful at the audition?be successful in doing something: · If I'm successful in raising over £500, those funds will go to the Bible School.
to be fairly successful in doing something, or to achieve part of what you wanted to achieve: · Our aim was to disrupt the enemy's transport network and we had some success.· If we only have some success in reducing the number infected with HIV, I feel it will have been worthwhile.have some success/have limited success in doing something: · The Santa Barbara seismic research team has had some success in predicting earthquakes.
to gradually start to achieve something that you want to achieve, by working hard: · I'm not very good at Japanese yet, but I feel I am making progress.· We have made very great progress in reducing the number of deaths on our roads.make progress with/towards/on: · At last I began to make some progress with my research.make progress in doing something: · BEA has made good progress in implementing the new health and safety regulations.
to succeed in doing something important, especially something that other people will admire you for: · She's achieved a lot in the short time she's been with the company.· The reason I achieve good results is because I work hard -- and so could you.· When you get your MA, you really feel that you've achieved something.· He had achieved all his goals for the organization, and felt there were no challenges left there for him.
to succeed in doing or finishing something good that you have planned to do, after trying hard for a long time: · What exactly do you hope to accomplish this year?· She found the job frustrating, and felt she wasn't accomplishing anything there.
if you get results , you achieve what you are trying to do: · It was three or four years before we really started getting results.· This shows that if we devote sufficient energy and resources to a problem, we get results.· As I manager, I pride myself on getting results.
a successful company or product
· What are the features that characterized the successful corporations of the past?· He returned to Merseyside after a successful tour with Johnny Gentle.· Our most successful product is based on a very simple idea.· Gradually, word spread, and we built up a very successful business indeed.
a company, organization, or industry that is thriving is very successful, especially because economic conditions are good or because a lot of people want to buy or use their products: · The nearby malls are thriving, and there's no need for another regional shopping centre.· He expanded the shipping trade and left a thriving business to his son. · the thriving fast-food and soft drinks industry
a company or industry that is booming is extremely successful at a particular time, especially because economic conditions are good: · The need for personal protection has led to a booming private security industry here. · Every day, we hear that the IT industry is booming, but where's the real evidence of that?business is booming (=used to say that you are selling a lot of products and making a lot of money): · One company that specializes in fitting old computers with new parts says business is booming.
if a company or product is a success story , it has become extremely successful, especially suddenly: · Tonight, we're going to hear about another business success story from the North East. · Well, the success story might never have happened if the entrepreneur had taken the advice of his bank.
when someone wins
when a country, player, team etc wins a battle, game, race etc: · The crowds were celebrating Italy's victory.· We're very confident of victory.· victory celebrationsvictory over/against: · Their 2-1 victory over the Australians was completely unexpected.win a victory: · He had won a comfortable victory in the general election.
when a team or player wins in a sport or competition - used especially in news reports: · It was an important win for Manchester United.· A couple from London are celebrating a big lottery win.win over/against: · a 2-0 win over their oldest rivals
written an important victory after a long, difficult struggle, especially in war or politics: · Despite many local triumphs, their party stands little chance of winning a national election.· Arsenal's recent League Cup triumph.
a victory, especially in a series of games, fights etc: · With such a strong team, France are heading for certain success.· their fourth success in a row
a victory in which one country wins a war against another country and takes control of it: · The palace was built in Cordoba, Spain, following the Arab conquest.· The Roman legions left, opening the way for the conquest of the British Isles by the Germanic tribes.
informal a situation in which someone wins very easily, especially in a sport, because they are much better than the people they are playing against: · If they were expecting this game to be a walkover, they were very wrong.
when one party or candidate gets far more votes than their opponents in an election: · The newspapers were predicting a landslide for Thatcher.by a landslide: · He was re-elected in 1984 by a landslide.landslide victory: · Few people had expected Labour's landslide victory in 1945.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRYadjectives
· Everyone agreed the picnic was a great success.
· The government claimed the policy was a major success.
(=very great success)· Financially, the event was a resounding success.
· This plant can be grown by the absolute beginner with great success.
· The group is already achieving some success.
· Attempts to resolve the dispute met with little success.
(=not very much success)· The attempt to replace coca with other crops has had only limited success.
· None of his ideas had any commercial success.
(=success in education)· There is no evidence that early teaching of reading leads to academic success.
(=success in elections)· The electoral success of the far right understandably fills many people in Europe with alarm.
· This military success was achieved at a cost.
verbs
· China has had considerable success in conserving water since 1983.
(=be successful)· We are disappointed that this round of negotiations has not met with success.
(=say that your success was the result of it)· They put their success down to their excellent teamwork.
phrases
· They have a good chance of success.
(=what makes them successful)· A visitor asked Connie the secret of her success with growing roses.
(=what percentage of actions are successful)· The success rate in cloning is still extremely low.
COMMON ERRORS ► Don’t say ‘make success’ or ‘make a success’. Say have success or achieve success.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
 Wilson has achieved considerable success as an artist.
 The project was a brilliant success.
· It looks like they are set for chart success.
 The company is confident of success.
 Her first play was a critical success (=critics said it was good).
 Larsson’s goal gave Celtic a deserved victory.
 He hoped to emulate the success of Wilder.
 It was a wonderful film, but not exactly a financial success (=something that makes a profit).
 The new service has been hailed a success.
 The play was a huge success.
(=consider it to be a success/failure)· The concert was judged a success.
 So far, the education reforms have had only limited success.
(=succeed or fail) Our attempts at negotiation finally met with some success.
 The new service proved a modest success.
 the phenomenal success of computer games in recent years
· The success rate is still extremely low.
 The team are hoping to repeat their success (=achieve the same good result) of last season.
 The film was a runaway success.
 Her new book has scored a spectacular success.
 The university has done me the signal honour of making me an Honorary Fellow.
 the sweet smell of success
 The experiment had not been an unqualified success.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
· Dallas was a big success in his debut season with the Warriors and was a frequent try-scorer.· Don Rickles can find irony even in one of his biggest successes.· Labour scored its biggest successes in London, where it gained a dozen seats on an above-average swing of 3.4 percent.· The ratings were extraordinary, and the show was a bigger success than even he had dreamed.· The two biggest success stories in the biotech industry, Amgen and Genentech, both do most of their manufacturing in California.· For example, television has probably been the biggest consumer electronics success of all time.· Gump had integrity, always tried to do what was right, and was a big success in several endeavors.
· Images and photographs for both these magazines are the key to their commercial success.· Constantly searching for commercial success, Harris has an unfortunate reputation as a jazzman who plays for applause.· From its first operation in the 1920s, the computer only reached commercial feasibility and success in 1964.· Traditional values and old-fashioned rules of journalism have been thrown overboard in the competitive race for audiences and commercial success.· Share My Lettuce was much more of a commercial success than it was a critical triumph.· Nor was the Macintosh a great commercial success initially.· On these pages we review some of the recent commercial successes which combine to form the foundation of our new business.· For a variety of reasons, Bob never found commercial success.
· Printed on thin single sheets, suitable for enclosing in an envelope, they were a considerable success.· Recent studies of intermittent turbulence within chaotic systems are being applied to process control with considerable success.· In the last three decades there has been considerable success for auctioneering, both in terms of money and also in prestige.· I understand he has already been schooled over fences with considerable success.· Unquestionably, the physical measures and publicity have resulted in considerable success in achieving this most crucial aim of environmental traffic management.· Fully-digested sewage sludge is also used, with considerable success.· From the party point of view, Law's leadership had been a considerable success.· The sequence of what you say makes a considerable difference to success.
· Merchant's companies do not seem to distinguish between key result areas and critical success factors.· And, when the time for your evaluation arrives, make sure that these critical successes are documented in writing.· Its management decided to start from first principles by developing critical success factors.· And we believe passionately that increased equity is not only right and just, but critical to our success as a nation.· Yet private investment, a critical test of success, is only trickling in.· The River was an enormous and immediate popular and critical success.· The information must be matched to the business's objectives and critical success factors.· John and Bob developed a series of practices that were critical to their success.
· Molyneux built on Richmond's earlier successes and became a figure of public renown.· It was to determine the most important characteristic that accounted for their early success.· Fitzgerald and Hemingway craved early success, as if they knew time was short.· The best qualities helped them soar and gain early success, but their worst qualities caused them to fail equally rapidly.· Thus, Reagan's early successes can be variously accounted for.· Then it was the event I had the earliest success in.· This was on the strength of early successes in the property business.· After his early success, teams began pitching him tougher.
· In a country whose people so crave economic success, failure to produce it is bound to produce negativism.· The link between education and economic success has grown more and more important over the past thirty years.· Mr Museveni would have been unable to stay in power were it not for the economic success unfolding around him.· In a society that valued upward mobility, formal education became a gateway to economic and social success.· What is the point of economic success ifit is matched by growing unhappiness?· This, indeed, was the dark side of an economic success which in other respects was undeniably energetic and spectacular.· The apparent social harmony of the mid-century could be attributed to Britain's economic success in these years.· Murfreesboro has enjoyed economic success in recent years.
· Independent survival is achieved in the financial markets through success in competitive markets.· What we worship these days is financial success, as though it automatically confers high principles and admirable character.· The aim of business strategies is competitive success for financial success.· There is no quick or easy way to financial security or success.· The editorial excellence of their newspaper is founded on its financial success - and this is not assured.· He has already achieved a high measure of financial success.· Perhaps the school was not the financial success that everyone seemed to think.· She was obsessed with getting her barrel back; it was, she felt, the key to financial success.
· Comments: A most undemanding and very hardy plant, which can be grown by the absolute beginner with great success.· He has done it badly and without great success.· Many of the lords are jealous of your great success against Blefuscu, and Flimnap still hates you.· In Camp Montgomery he had his first great success.· The event was a great success and there were 120 entrants from throughout the Northern region.· He attempted once or twice to speak, but with no great success.· This is a small, chatty volume of the kind that White has turned out in recent years with great success.· In all too many companies, reengineering has been not only a great success, but also a great failure.
· The first transcontinental railroad, we were taught to believe, was a huge government success.· She felt sure the campaign would be a huge success.· The suppers became a huge success.· No other hiccups were reported, however, and the promotion was voted a huge success.· But to Loi the meal was a huge success.· Most publishers will tell you that huge success can be ruinous to a writer's talents.· At the dinner parties, however, he was a huge success.
· It is the key to the success of many effective organizations who have found that it is a sound long term investment.· As purpose is instilled and progress achieved, that will build pride and professionalism, which also are key ingredients of success.· All agreed that the tactical decision on whether to go east or west at Cape Finisterre had been the key to success.· The key to success in heading abroad is getting these first planning basics right.· As with all learning, motivation is the key to success.· Only those who buy records hold the key to success.· It's you who holds the key, literally, the key to success on the court.
· Is he also aware that human skills are the major determinant of success or failure?· It takes too long to get to any major success....· The Magazine has makings of major success April 28 saw the spectacular arrival of Sainsbury's the Magazine.· Their first major success came with Jerry Butler.· They were celebrating, rightly as foreign observers believed, a major success story.· At the Cosford Games I won the 60 metres, my first major senior success above county level.· The tiny athlete believes her rare lapse in Tokyo was just a temporary blip in a career of major championship success.· Having played his last major card without success, de Gaulle's strategy seemed to lose coherence.
· This modest success was bought at the expense of mounting employee grievances.· She had some modest successes behind her with short stories.· But the second attempt was a modest success.· These reflect a relatively late period of modest success for the town.· However, there were also some modest but significant successes.· I have had some modest success in this regard, and pass on here some tips I have used.· Brian himself is modest about his success.
· Two notable and deserving successes cited by her in no way disqualify the principle of special needs.· Congress has tried to find a site to bury high-level nuclear wastes for decades, with a notable lack of success.· However, Richard Williams and his team achieved notable success in survey support services to major pipeline construction work in the Gulf.· Mourvedre, on the other hand, has been a notable success.· Even President Obasanjo's critics acknowledge that in the past nine months he has achieved some notable successes.· Unkind historians today doubt if they really scored a notable success.· The lunches, which feature good food, wine and wit, have been a notable success since their inception in 1991.· Inevitably this led to uncertainties and inconclusive results, with some notable successes and failures.
· Biased estimates of variation in reproductive success may also cause the effects of particular phenotypic traits on reproductive success to be overestimated.· Simply put, anything that increases reproductive success will spread at the expense of anything that does not-even if it threatens survival.· There are several reasons why variation in daily reproductive success may not reflect variation in either seasonal or lifetime success.· Altman focused on females in the troop, because it is easier to monitor their reproductive success reliably than that of males.· Detailed life-history studies of this highly dimorphic animal reveal that the reproductive success of large males is much higher than small males.· In real life, the criterion for selection is always short-term, either simple survival or, more generally, reproductive success.· Differential reproductive success also occurs in other ways, however.· This seasonal decline in reproductive success is yet another factor in the pied flycatcher's bigamous mating system.
NOUN
· He was particularly pleased with the 25 percent success rate of the initial sessions at Coalport, which started in November.· And, according to Smith, a success rate of more than 90 percent is attainable in simple, uncomplicated cases.· This figure is comparable with the success rate in our peptic stricture patients as well as in several other reports.· Besides, the message will seem like criticism, and therefore your success rate will probably be low.· The procedure can be done under local anaesthetic and has a success rate of over 90 percent.· That is an astounding success rate.· So far the success rate was encouraging.· A 50-percent success rate would be wonderful.
· As he said, inward investment is one of the great success stories of the last decade.· Her business has become so famous that she felt its success story merited a corner display in her new museum.· However, success stories in themselves are not unusual and most certainly part of any teaching environment.· The success stories I will provide contain the proof of that.· Hailed as a success story for the planners, for some this new town will remain an old joke.· Or consider that some of the nations long heralded as family planning success stories have faltered on the road to re-placement fertility.· What a pity that the Opposition never tell us any success stories.· Despite the challenges, the nonprofit center and its staff have logged numerous success stories, said Glasser.
VERB
· Despite our analysis, most of our engineers felt that they were achieving professional success and personal satisfaction.· You will feel more confident at the interview because you have already achieved success.· This is another attractive species, but extra care is needed to achieve success.· To achieve electoral success, pragmatic parties might shift their position or expand the range of viewpoints they encompass.· Unlike many others, he achieved success in that respect as well through his work as a writer.· You are thus delegating the right to achieve failure as well as success.· Today, you need a coordinated effort to help you achieve success.
· Its success depends largely on its proportions to the accompanying curtains and surroundings.· It was a risk for Invisible Theatre to choose a work whose success depends on the skill of teenaged actors.· Upon its success might depend the entire future of the company.· The success of these programs depends on a reliable handpump.· The success of such programmes depends heavily on how much part their recipients have in their design and execution.· Women have rarely had an incentive to seek success of that kind, for their reproductive success depended on other things.· A reputation for being exclusive is not very useful in a market where success depends on recruiting large numbers.· Saving and investing success depend on time.
· In between Kylie had enjoyed success in a few other minor television roles.· It scared off other pianists until the late 1920s, when Horowitz began to enjoy great success with it.· This again, though enjoying some success, could not be rated foolproof.· It seemed remarkable that two men who enjoyed so much success and influence would make such a decision.· Commitment to quality has enabled Guinness to enjoy success for over 230 years.· In the spring of 1949, Truman enjoyed success after success.· In the past Ferrari have enjoyed short-lived success.· Workers that have developed unique skills that they parlay into jobs or their own businesses have enjoyed more success.
· It was the reason he had poured so much effort, care and attention into ensuring the joke's success.· Planning for quality assurance needs and making appropriate changes will ensure the success of the profession and quality care for consumers.· For the first time, schools must ensure the educational success of all students.· You also must give them resources and reinforcement just in time to ensure their success.· The weight of the church of Canterbury was behind Wihtred and it may have been this which ensured his success.· It helps ensure success for novice users.· As a general rule, the archbishop had sufficient political leverage to ensure success for his own monks in these disputes.· Where the team process excels is in ensuring the candidates' success through the entire work group entry process.
· Just as failure often follows failure, success breeds success.· The night prevented them from following up their success.· The North-East Railside Revival project follows the success of a £6m upgrading of the Darlington line which won several environmental awards.· As success follows on success, the beliefs and fears at the core of high performance are continually validated.· A new band's first album ideally follows some success with a single.· Interest in plant derived antiulcer drugs declined following the success of synthetic antihistamine drugs in the 1970s.
· Regardless of technical hitches Pathfinders in Space was judged a great success, leading to a second series being commissioned in 1960.· Watch the changes in their management philosophies to judge their future success.· The scheme was judged to be a success and extended to all secondary schools in April 1986.· He judges success by how effectively human needs are reconciled with the needs of the ecosystem.· Local Management of Schools will be judged a success if it has been up and running reasonably well since 1 April 1990.· We judge the success of a contract by the volume of trades conducted in it.· If the New Deal is judged by its economic success alone, then the verdict must be a mixed one.· They may also be of limited use when trying to judge the success of many plans.
· Other attempts to restrict preferences of voters seem equally to have had limited success.· Raju had been valiantly trying to translate what was said with limited success.· However, Mosley only had limited success in this endeavour.· Some paradigms have achieved limited success in some areas; others do better in yet other areas.· Plain abdominal films have limited success in identifying drug packages, with false negative rates of 1.2% to 33%.· But their success in this venture was limited by their success in another.· Black and Hispanic leaders will recognize the limited success to be achieved by registration of potential voters.· It is a right-wing movement from Alberta that is having only very limited success catching on east of the prairies.
· Much thought is required to smooth the path if this scheme hopes to meet with success.· But he met with little success.· Trapping is a method which meets with limited success and involves feeding within a specialised wire cage for a period of time.· I was involved, and I was meeting with success.· Neither half of that balancing act has yet met with success.· So far, his efforts to set up a maintenance fund for Bemersyde have met with limited success.· Meanwhile, Jeffries and black leaders met with no success when they tried to subdue the rioters.
· The scheme, which also includes £60 per goal, was only introduced this season and it certainly has proved a success.· At $ 3. 99, a weekday all-you-can-eat lunch buffet proved a resounding success.· In the course of a long lifetime, his bold concept was proved an amazing success.· Their experimental ironclad had proved a great success.· It is proving an amazing success.· There was no doubt that Harry's twenty-first celebration was proving a phenomenal success.· By 1880 there were about a thousand hotels in the scheme which proved a resounding success.· All of which explains why the Domaine has proved such a success.
· It serves them right for playing a game in which even the winners become losers if they try to repeat their success.· Their goal is to repeat the success of last year, when Kennedy joined then-Sen.· He had hoped to repeat his successes of 1985 and 1987, but could not contain the accurate drawing skills of King.· Most of his additions, however, repeated the success of breakthroughs.· Brace, can he repeat the success he enjoyed in Berlin?· He is unable to repeat his success. all possible combinations are not tried in a controlled manner.· Unfortunately he hadn't repeated that success and Inspector he had remained, and would do so until he left the force.· This week, she spoke about her plans to repeat her successes at Boston-based Houghton.
· It is good therefore to be able to record that at least one such effort scored a stunning success.· But restoration ecology is pointless if it merely leads to a relapse into high-risk behavior the moment it scores some initial success.· Labour scored its biggest successes in London, where it gained a dozen seats on an above-average swing of 3.4 percent.· Unkind historians today doubt if they really scored a notable success.· Extreme right-wing parties scored more pronounced successes.· In November 1991, the Jet project scored a major success in its search for a waste free nuclear power.· A year or so later his professional technique scored another success.
Phrases
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY
  • Richardson is one of the few success stories from the housing projects.
  • Tonight, we're going to hear about another business success story from the North East.
  • Well, the success story might never have happened if the entrepreneur had taken the advice of his bank.
  • Any list of success stories is bound to omit some favourite voice.
  • Despite the challenges, the nonprofit center and its staff have logged numerous success stories, said Glasser.
  • For each service, add a few success stories from recent clients.
  • Her success story resulted in a three page feature in Slimming Magazine last February.
  • Her business has become so famous that she felt its success story merited a corner display in her new museum.
  • One of lung cancer's success stories, he runs a support group for lung cancer patients and their families.
  • Sikes shows us the success stories.
  • Similar success stories can be found in other countries - for example, the aerospace exhibition at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► be cheated of victory/success etc
  • His face was flushed with excitement when they came.
  • She is gesturing and smiling, her cheeks flushed with pleasure that there is so much to offer.
  • The two women flanking her were flushed with pleasure and excitement.
  • By the 1860's, when he was at the height of his fame, tragedy struck as he took increasingly to drink.
  • However, in 1985 he was at the height of his fame as a novelist.
  • Outwardly, the Cowboys appear to be at the height of their powers.
► be a howling success
  • Early on he learned - the hard way - that it was the passport to success.
  • Finally, don't assume winning a talent contest is a passport to success.
  • The Union Jack will be our passport to romance.
  • We live in an increasingly competitive world where good qualifications are a passport to success.
► a patina of wealth/success etc
  • At $ 3. 99, a weekday all-you-can-eat lunch buffet proved a resounding success.
  • His foray into biography is also a resounding success.
  • It was his most resounding defeat in terms of lengths.
  • On the one hand, so many victories; on the other, resounding defeat at Trafalgar in 1805.
  • On the other hand, others have described the issue as a resounding success as all the shares were sold.
  • That resounding success, moreover, was followed by others.
  • The organisers claimed the conference was a resounding success.
  • The outcome - a resounding victory for the home team, not that they appeared particularly surprised.
  • As this is the framework, the issue will be a roaring success.
  • The final week of Hamlet was a roaring success.
  • Initially nothing succeeds like success: but eventually success exceeds itself, and decline and despondency set in.
  • And Long has yet to taste victory in this tournament, unlike his half-back partner Martyn.
  • Others decided to taste freedom in other fields of social activity: speculation on the black market, opening businesses etc.
  • They just wanted to taste victory after all that losing.
  • All too often large advances can seem like a ticket to stardom.
  • The helpline is a victim of its own success with so many people calling that no one can get through.
  • Moreover, to a great extent the health service is a victim of its own success.
  • But they will be in costume, and all party goers will have a chance to vote on the best disguise.
  • They also voted the Cappuccino the best sub-£20,000 sports car in the show.
Word family
WORD FAMILYnounsuccesssuccessionsuccessoradjectivesuccessful ≠ unsuccessfulsuccessiveverbsucceedadverbsuccessfully ≠ unsuccessfully
1when you achieve what you want or intend OPP  failure:  The experiment was a big success.without success I tried to contact him, but without success.success in doing something Did you have any success in persuading Alan to come?2when a lot of people like something, buy something, go to see something etc OPP  failurebe a big/huge/great etc success The film was a great success. Her book has enjoyed a lot of success (=it has been very successful). The play was a box-office success (=many people went to see it). The show was an overnight success (=it was immediately successful).3when someone achieves a high position in their job, on a course, in a sport, in society etc OPP  failure:  Success isn’t everything, you know.success in He has already had a lot of success in his career.be a success as a ... (=be successful in a particular job) She wasn’t much of a success as a lawyer. She’s determined to make a success of (=be successful in) her career.4when a business makes a lot of money OPP  failure:  the success of his latest business venturebe a big/huge/great etc success The firm wasn’t a great success.5success story someone or something that is successful:  The company has been a major success story.COLLOCATIONSadjectivesa great success· Everyone agreed the picnic was a great success.a big/huge/major success· The government claimed the policy was a major success.a resounding/outstanding/spectacular success (=very great success)· Financially, the event was a resounding success.great/considerable success· This plant can be grown by the absolute beginner with great success.some success· The group is already achieving some success.little/no success· Attempts to resolve the dispute met with little success.limited success (=not very much success)· The attempt to replace coca with other crops has had only limited success.commercial/economic/financial success· None of his ideas had any commercial success.academic success (=success in education)· There is no evidence that early teaching of reading leads to academic success.electoral success (=success in elections)· The electoral success of the far right understandably fills many people in Europe with alarm.military success· This military success was achieved at a cost.verbshave/achieve success· China has had considerable success in conserving water since 1983.meet with success (=be successful)· We are disappointed that this round of negotiations has not met with success.put your success down to something (=say that your success was the result of it)· They put their success down to their excellent teamwork.phrasessomebody’s chance of success· They have a good chance of success.the secret of somebody’s success (=what makes them successful)· A visitor asked Connie the secret of her success with growing roses.the success rate (=what percentage of actions are successful)· The success rate in cloning is still extremely low.COMMON ERRORS ► Don’t say ‘make success’ or ‘make a success’. Say have success or achieve success.
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