succeed: [15] To succeed someone is etymologically to ‘go next to them’, hence to follow them. The word comes via Old French succeder from Latin succēdere, a compound verb formed from the prefix sub- ‘under’ (used here in the sense ‘next below’, hence ‘next to, after’) and cēdere ‘go’ (source also of English cede, exceed, proceed, etc). The notion of ‘getting near to something’ evolved in Latin into ‘doing well, prospering’ – whence the other main meaning of English succeed. => cede, excede, proceed, success
succeed (v.)
late 14c., intransitive and transitive, "come next after, follow after another; take the place of another, be elected or chosen for" a position, from Old French succeder "to follow on" (14c.) and directly from Latin succedere "come after, follow after; go near to; come under; take the place of," also "go from under, mount up, ascend," hence "get on well, prosper, be victorious," from sub "next to, after" (see sub-) + cedere "go, move" (see cede).
Meaning "to continue, endure" is from early 15c. The sense of "turn out well, have a favorable result" in English is first recorded late 15c., with ellipsis of adverb (succeed well). Of persons, "to be successful," from c. 1500. Related: Succeeded; succeeding.
例文
1. I have a sneaking suspicion that they are going to succeed .
彼らはおそらく成功するだろうと漠然と思っていた。
2.He was too inexperienced and too inexpert to succeed .
彼は経験が乏しく、あまりにも熟練しておらず、成功しにくい。
3.They are waiting anxiously to see who will succeed him.
彼らは、誰が彼の後任になるかを見るのを待ち焦がれていた。
4.He sacrificed his own career so that his avaricious brother could succeed .
彼は自分の事業を犠牲にして、欲張りな弟が成功することができた。
5.His natural shrewdness tells him what is needed to succeed .