| 单词 | successful |
| 释义 | successful (once / 71 pages) adj If you win or do well, at whatever it is you do, you are successful. Successful people usually get more money, attention, and praise. If you go into business and make a lot of money, you're successful. If you play tennis and finish the season with more wins than losses, you've been successful. If you have a successful pregnancy, you give birth to a healthy baby. Successful is one of those words that covers a great deal of ground; it generally applies to anything, anyone or any venture that ends well. When you see the word successful, think "Winning!" WORD FAMILYsuccessful: successfulest, successfully, successfulness, unsuccessful+/success: successes, successful/unsuccessful: unsuccessfulest, unsuccessfully USAGE EXAMPLES“I said, ‘If you are not right, and you are not executing all of the way through, you will not be successful.’ Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) Successful by their own measures, Karen and Matt live in a converted macaroni factory, spitting distance from several pretentious coffeehouses. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) “They haven’t scouted it yet. That’s why last night it was so successful.” Los Angeles Times(Jan 02, 2017) adj having succeeded or being marked by a favorable outcome a successful architect a successful business venture Syn|Ant undefeated victorious fortunatehaving unexpected good fortune productiveproducing or capable of producing (especially abundantly) bofforesoundingly successful and popular booming, flourishing, palmy, prospering, prosperous, roaring, thrivingvery lively and profitable inholding office madesuccessful or assured of success no-hitof a game (or the pitching) in which a pitcher allows the opponent no hits productiveyielding positive results self-madehaving achieved success or recognition by your own efforts sure-firecertain to be successful triple-crownunofficial championship title for player who heads the league in batting average and home runs and runs batted in triple-crownof a horse that has won the Kentucky Derby and the Belmont Stakes and the Preakness races victorious, winninghaving won unsuccessful not successful; having failed or having an unfavorable outcome defeatedbeaten or overcome; not victorious unfortunatenot favored by fortune; marked or accompanied by or resulting in ill fortune unprofitableproducing little or no profit or gain attemptedtried unsuccessfully defeated, disappointed, discomfited, foiled, frustrated, thwarteddisappointingly unsuccessful done for, ruined, sunk, undone, washed-updoomed to extinction down-and-outlacking resources (or any prospect of resources) empty-handed, unrewardedhaving acquired or gained nothing hitless(of a batter) without a hit no-wincertain to end in failure and disappointment outout of power; especially having been unsuccessful in an election goalless, hitless, scorelesshaving no points scores self-defeatingacting to defeat its own purpose unfulfilled, unrealised, unrealizedof persons; marked by failure to realize full potentialities unplacednot one of the first three in a race or competition winlesshaving no wins |
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