一个英语小困惑

来源：百度知道 编辑：UC知道 时间：2024/05/14 17:27:45
Mary Kay was successful selling home care products.
玛丽.凯在销售家居用品上很成功.
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请问successful为什么没有用副词形式？
难道be successful in doing 的 in 可以省略？

Mary Kay was successful "while selling home care products"
Mary Kay successfully sold home care products.

success 名词 作成功的人或事时可数，单作成功不可数
succeed 不及物动词 succeed in doing sth.
successful 形容词 someone is successful
successfully 副词 someone did sth successfully

它修饰的是selling,而selling在这里并不是做谓语动词,所以不用副词
这里的谓语是was

副词形式：Mary Kay successfully sold home care products.
回答者：Tianxiaozhang -

success 名词 作成功的人或事时可数，单作成功不可数
succeed 不及物动词 succeed in doing sth.
successful 形容词 someone is successful
successfully 副词 someone did sth successfully

这是因为省略了in
原句应为successful in selling
这是英语常见现象

Mary Kay was successful selling home care products.
玛丽.凯在销售家居用品上很成功.
------voa原文

其意为 Mary Kay was successful IN selling home care products.
所以用successful