According to the hypothesis of Bates they would be, at any rate mainly, palatable hard-pressed insects which only hold their own in the struggle for life by a fraudulent imitation of the trade-mark of the successful and powerful Lycidae. According to Fritz Muller's hypothesis we should expect that the mimickers would be highly protected, successful and abundant species, which (metaphorically speaking) have found it to their advantage to possess an advertisement, a danger-signal, in common with each other, and in common with the beetles in the centre of the group.英文原著 · 《Darwin and Modern Science》
We congratulate you upon the moral courage and untiring energy which must have been yours, to enable you to successfully battle against the immeasurable influence of the prejudice shown to all of us at both of our national schools. We hail your success as a national acknowledgment, in a new way, of the mental and moral worth of our race; and we feel amply repaid for the many privations we have undergone in the naval branch of our service, in noting the fact that one of us has been permitted to successfully stand the trying ordeal.英文原著 · 《Henry Ossian Flipper》
Various other means were tried before the one which we now find so successful. Talks were given in the High School by the superintendent, and at one time a police officer had the Library on his regular beat. None of these methods were permanently successful.英文原著 · 《Library Work with Children》
Straightway she sped upon her kindly errand. It proved successful, so successful, indeed, that without the slightest effort--without even a hint on her part--she brought not only William and his constant friend to sit in the circle with Miss Pratt, Miss Parcher and their escorts, but Mr. Bullitt, Mr. Watson, Mr. Banks, and three other young gentlemen as well. Nevertheless, Mrs. Parcher managed to carry out her plan, and after a little display of firmness, saw William satisfactorily established in the chair at Miss Pratt's left.英文原著 · 《Seventeen》
The basic ideas in drills for small grains were successfully developed in Great Britain, and many British drills were sold in the United States before one was manufactured here. American manufacture of these drills began about 1840. Planters for corn came somewhat later. Machines to plant wheat successfully were unsuited to corn, which must be planted less profusely than wheat.英文原著 · 《The Age of Invention》
Hence, if the editor is more keenly alert for one thing than for another, it is for the new writer. The frequency of the new note in his magazine is his salvation; for just in proportion as he can introduce that new note is his success with his readers. A successful magazine is exactly like a successful store: it must keep its wares constantly fresh and varied to attract the eye and hold the patronage of its customers.英文原著 · 《The Americanization of Edward Bok》
We've got a court order which says, until we're done with it, the corpse is ours He is not a corpse He is a man named Rex Van de kamp He was a loving husband, a devoted father and a successful doctor So successful, in fact, that he left me enough money to sue the city, this precinct and you two gent美剧 · 《Desperate Housewives》
- And the fact is, I was very successful. - Well, if you were so successful, how come I've never heard of you before?美剧 · 《Desperate Housewives》
"Max, we sold out of the cupcakes" and are now successful." What's that you say?美剧 · 《2 Broke Girls》
No, you need to be able to whip these out in like 20 seconds if you wanna be successful in your little bakery.美剧 · 《2 Broke Girls》