The successful restoration of the ancient temple required decades of careful research and collaboration among experts.
古庙的成功修复需要数十年的细致研究和专家间的合作。
A profile of an inventor opens by describing her decades of failed prototypes in vivid detail, then spends its remaining sections explaining how those very failures directly informed the design choices behind her eventual successful invention.
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- In a field study, researchers observed a herd returning to the same covered water source days later and successfully uncovering it.
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- Rising temperatures and reduced rainfall on Socotra now threaten the tree's ability to reproduce successfully.
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Which choice best defines “successful”?
C — Having achieved a goal or purpose. “successful” means having achieved a goal or purpose.
Which word means “having achieved a goal or purpose”?
C — successful. “successful” means having achieved a goal or purpose.
successful — having achieved a goal or purpose. In Chinese: 成功的.
successful is pronounced /səkˈsɛsfəl/.
The successful restoration of the ancient temple required decades of careful research and collaboration among experts. (古庙的成功修复需要数十年的细致研究和专家间的合作。)
prosperous, triumphant, victorious — all close in meaning to successful (having achieved a goal or purpose).
unsuccessful, failed — each the opposite of successful (having achieved a goal or purpose).
Yes. successful is on the SAT Prep Basic list — the everyday academic words the SAT assumes you already have. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.