mindmap root((成功)) succeed implies an antithesis to fail and is widely applicable to persons and things: ~ed in her third try for public office. prosper carries an implication of continued or long-continuing and usually increasing success: ~ in business. thrive adds the implication of vigorous growth often because of or in spite of specified conditions: plants that ~ in acid soil. flourish implies a state of vigorous growth and expansion without signs of decadence or decay but also without any suggestion of how long this state will be maintained: attitudes that ~ed in the Middle Ages.