successor
2018
has been applied
successively to painting, architecture and sculpture.
SYNONYMS
successful
profitable ♦ commercial ♦
lucrative ♦ economic
These
words all describe sb/sth that is making or is likely to make money. JKfiJ
successful making
a lot of money, especially by being popular The play was very
successful on Broadway. gp it} M /['.A ikft&Jjo o
The
company has had another successful year.
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profitable making
a profit a highly
profitable business #.
commercial [only
before noun] making or intended to make a profit 0 : The
movie was not a commercial success {= made no profit). j&gP&i^i&AAfiI lucrative (of business or work)
producing or paying a large amount of money; making a large profit
They
do a lot of business in lucrative overseas markets. fM
economic (often
used in negative sentences) (of a process, business or activity) producing
enough profit to continue ( ) ts (
Iff, ik#i?K
nJlINfc Small local shops
stop being economic when a supermarket opens up
nearby.
PATTERNS
AND COLLOCATIONS
■
to be/remain successful/profitable/lucrative/
economic
■
to prove/seem/make sth/keep sth successful/
profitable/lucrative/economic
■
a successful/profitable/lucrative business
■
a successful/profitable/lucrative year
■
a(n) commercial/economic success
n highly/particularly/very
successful/profitable/
lucrative
e fairly/quite successful/profitable/lucrative
suc-ces-sor /sak'sesa(r)/
noun
~ (to sb/sth) a person or thing that
comes after sb/sth else and takes their/its placed##; BMWm®: Who’s
the likely successor to
him as party leader?
#, fi. ft % ffy ? 0 Their latest release
is a worthy successor to their popular debut album.
5—compare PREDECESSOR
sue'cess story noun a person or thing that
is very successful Jtt$lA ( ) .
succinct /sak'snjkt/
adj.
{approving) expressed clearly and in a few words fgf 0jj #j; g
ffif M. M$} PfiTl concise : Keep your answers as
succinct as possible.
/
$1suc-cinct-ness
noun [U]
suc co tash
/'SAkotaeX/
noun [U]
{
Suc-coth
/su'kaut;
'SAka0; NAmE 'suikout; sui'kout/
(also .Feast
of 'Tabernacles) noun [U] a Jewish festival that takes place in
the autumn/fall, during which shelters are made using natural materials ( f
m 0, \
suc cour (BrE) [
m verb [VN] (literary)
to help sb who is suffering or having problems |ScU]; W&i
suc cu bus /'sAkjubas/ noun {pi. succu-bi /-bai/) {literary)
a female evil spirit, supposed to have sex with a sleeping man ( A #) 7
—
compare incubus(2) suc cu lent /'SAkjalant/ adj.,
noun m adj. 1 (approving)
(of fruit, vegetables and meat 7jc ^, H^fflp^) containing a lot of juice and
tasting good /+ W EEEI juicy : a succulent
pear/steak '{\0vfcfk W ^A# < 2 {technical A if) (of
plants ft #7) having leaves and stems
that are thick and contain a lot of water |£} ;
0 ft (ft ►
suc-cu-lence /-ans/
noun [U]
■
noun {technical A if) any plant with
leaves and stems that are thick
and contain a lot of water, for example a CACTUS
suc cumb /sa'kAm/ verb [V] ~ (to sth) to not be able to
fight an attack, an illness, a temptation,
etc. @ K; JSH;
«Aft ( Tfci, mm. ) : The town
succumbed after a short siege. AABP pf AAo
■
His career was cut short when he succumbed
to cancer.
O He finally succumbed to Lucy’s charms and agreed to
her request.
giatifeMi**.
SUCh
0-w /sAtJV
■
of the type already mentioned ( IP
#
wedding and were not sure
what happened on such occasions. MAiMfMl—
0 He said
he didn’t have time or made some such excuse, itfei&fife & H |Bp $ S'l $ it in lit m Itt ft P o 0 she longed to find
somebody who understood her problems, and in him she thought she had found such
a person. £&$§!!$ mmm&lk, owe
were
second-class citizens and they
treated us as
such, fic C]
0 Accountants
were boring. Such {= that) was her
opinion before meeting Ian! t
&W M o 2 of the type that you
are just going to mention , , T^ W :
There
is no such thing as a free lunch. fftf ^ JL0 0 Such advice as he was
given {= it was not very much)
has proved almost worthless,
% fW 3 m fl±'ftM o 0 The knot was
fastened in such a way that it was
impossible to undo. IP 'T'Zn M ftT, JFo 0 The damage was such that
it
would cost thousands to
repair.
3 ~
(is, was, etc.) sth that... used to emphasize the great degree of
sth (
: This issue was of such importance that we could not
afford to ignore it. j&'hnjg -f
#$!£,
Tflo
❖ Why
are you in such a hurry? fft-f ? 0 {informal) It’s such a beautiful day!
£f-ni! o
{formal)
Such is the elegance of this typeface that it is still a favourite of
designers. & # Zf jg i)t H, liA Hb it A M # tK o
iT»T^l ... and such and similar things or
people ( g£A ) : The centre
offers activities like
canoeing and sailing and such. i/ A as such as the word is
usually understood; in the exact sense of the word M. ^ ffiS: X#; ffriinL A: The new job is not a
promotion
as such, but it has
good prospects.
.bifeStiEWlUR,
AilWAMltto 0‘Well,
did they offer it to you?’ ‘No, not as such, but they said I had a good
chance.’ “3k, ? ” “A,
HIP#, ” such as 1 for
example f?!j
(JP ; • • ■: Wild flowers such as primroses are
becoming rare, jft # /£ A ^ W if Vc ® M M # ¥ 7. 0 ‘There are loads of
things to do.’ ‘Such as?’ (= give me an example) — ”
2 of a
kind that; like ft- IP#;
ifitn - ZM:
Opportunities such as this did not come every day. )&#
XPjIflz^A-Jt
AA-fPWtHlo .such as it
'is/they 'are used to say that there is not much of sth or that it
is of poor