《现代汉语词典》中对“成功”的解释极为简单明了:获得预期的结果(跟“失败”相对)。这样简单的一个定义,为什么许多人不明白呢?因为很多时候,我们容易陷入一个误区:只是孤立地去看待结果,把偶然性与必然性混为一谈。 The explanation of “success” in Modern Chinese Dictionary is straightforward: Get the desired result (as opposed to “fail”). As a simple definition, why do not many people understand it? Because in many cases we are easily caught in a misunderstanding: we only look at the results in isolation and confuse contingencies with necessity.