flourish、thrive、succeed与prosper这些动词都有“兴旺、成功”之意。
flourish : 指处于成功、繁荣、进步的顶盛阶段。
- My tomatoes are flourishing this summer - it must be the warm weather.
今年夏天我的西红柿长势很好——这一定是天气暖和的原因。 - Watercolour painting began to flourish in Britain around 1750.
1750年左右，水彩画开始在英国兴盛起来。
thrive : 指蓬勃发展，常指显而易见的成功。
- His business thrived in the years before the war.
战前那些年，他的生意很兴隆。 - She seems to thrive on stress.
她似乎很擅长在压力下工作。
succeed : 表示成功，强调完成某件想往或企图去做的事，与fail相对。
- She's been trying to pass her driving test for six years and she's finally succeeded.
六年来，她一直努力想通过驾照考试，终于得偿所愿。 - You need to be pretty tough to succeed in the property world.
要想在房地产界出人头地，你必须要坚忍不拔。 - The campaign has certainly succeeded in raising public awareness of the issue.
毫无疑问，这项活动成功地唤起了公众对这一问题的关注。 - Richard succeeded in offending just about everybody in the room!
理查德成功地把房间里所有的人都得罪了！
prosper : 指持续不断地成功，也指越来越成功。
- Lots of microchip manufacturing companies prospered at that time.
许多生产芯片的公司都是在那时候发达起来的。
