success的用法
壹、succeed的用法
他的計劃成功了。
誤：His plan was succeeded.
正：His plan succeeded.
析：succeed 表示“成功”，是不及物動詞，因此不能用於被動語態。
他終於把那個問題解決了。
誤：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 後通常不接不定式，而接 indoing sth。又如：He succeeded in getting the job.(他謀到了那份工作)，She succeeded in (passing) the exam.(她考試及格了)。註：有時此結構可用作反語，如：I tried toclean the watch, but only succeeded in breaking it.(我想把表弄幹凈，結果卻弄壞了)。
繼邱吉爾出任首相的是誰?
誤：Who succeeded after Churchill as Prime Minister?
正：Who succeeded Churchill as Prime Minister?
析：succeed 表示“接替(某人)”，是及物動詞，其後無需用介詞 after。但它若表示“繼承(職位、頭銜、財產等)”，則是不及物的，後跟賓語時帶介詞 to(此時也不用 after)，如：She succeeded to the mayoralty.(她繼任市長職位)，比較：She succeeded him to the mayoralty.(她接替他擔任市長)。
二、success的用法
失敗是成功之母。
誤：Failure is the mother of successes.
正：Failure is the mother of success.
析：success 表示抽象意義的“成功”，是不可數的;表示具體意 義的“成功的人或事”, 則是可數的。比較：Gig sucess does not usually occur early.(大器晚成)，His new book was a great success.(他新出版的書獲得了巨大成功)。再比較：He has had great success in business.(他事業上很成功)，He was a great success in business.(他事業上很成功)。
妳說服她改變主意了嗎?
誤：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=做某事有結果或效果。又如：What success did you have in finding a new job?(妳想找份新工作結果如何?)
三、successful的用法
演出很成功。
誤：The performance was successive.
正：The performance was successful.
析：successful=成功的;successive=連續的，接連的，壹連串的。如：We have won five successive games. (我們已連勝五場比賽)。
妳想找所新房子妳找到了嗎?
誤：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 後不能接不定式，而是接 in doing sth，又如：They were successful in launching a communication satellite. (他們成功地發射了壹顆通訊衛 星)。
success的相關解釋
n. 成功，成就;好成績，好結果;成功的人(或物);
success的例句
1. Success is not guaranteed. It is not handed to you. Success is earned.
成功無法保證，並非唾手可得。成功必須靠自己去爭取。
2. Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.--Winston Churchill
成功不是終點，失敗也並非末日，最重要的是繼續前進的勇氣。
3. Talent, hard work and sheer tenacity are all crucial to career success.
事業要成功，才能、勤奮和頑強的意誌都至關重要。
4. Today's Security Council resolution will be a significant success for American diplomacy.
今天的安理會決議將是美國外交取得的壹個重大成功。
5. The company was coasting on the enormous success of its early products.
公司憑借早期產品的巨大成功而在市場上遙遙領先。
6. The Ariane space-rocket project has had a shining success.
阿裏安航天火箭項目取得了輝煌的成功。