英単語

successの意味・使い方・発音

success

英 [sək'ses] 美 [sək'sɛs]
  • n.成功、業績; 勝利; 大成功した人または物事

語源


success 成功、達成

成功する、達成する、成功する、-ss、過去分詞格から。形容詞が名詞として使われることに由来する語源。

英語の語源


success (n.)
1530s, "result, outcome," from Latin successus "an advance, a coming up; a good result, happy outcome," noun use of past participle of succedere "come after" (see succeed). Meaning "accomplishment of desired end" (good success) first recorded 1580s. Meaning "a thing or person which succeeds," especially in public, is from 1882.
The moral flabbiness born of the bitch-goddess SUCCESS. That -- with the squalid interpretation put on the word success -- is our national disease. [William James to H.G. Wells, Sept. 11, 1906]
Success story is attested from 1902. Among the French phrases reported by OED as in use in English late 19c. were succès d'estime "cordial reception given to a literary work out of respect rather than admiration" and succès de scandale "success (especially of a work of art) dependent upon its scandalous character."

例文


1. Success is not guaranteed.It is not handed to you. Success is earned.
成功は保証できず、唾を吐くわけではない。成功は自分で勝ち取らなければならない。

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2. Success is not final,failure is not fatal:it is the courage to continue that counts.--Winston Churchill
成功はゴールではなく、失敗も終わりではなく、最も重要なのは前進を続ける勇気である。

毎日一言


3.Talent,hard work and sheer tenacity are all crucial to career success .
事業を成功させるには、才能、勤勉さ、粘り強い意志が重要です。

4.Today 's Security Council resolution will be a significant success for American diplomcy.
今日の安保理決議は、米国外交にとって大きな成功だった。

5.The company was coasting on the enormous success of its early products.
社は、初期製品の大成功により市場を大きくリードしている。

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