0 (of a person or a business) to be or become successful, especially financially -- （人或企业）成功；（尤指经济上）繁荣，昌盛
Lots of microchip manufacturing companies prospered at that time. 许多生产芯片的公司都是在那时候发达起来的。
Much the same can be said of identifying those particular factors which cause some clusters to prosper and others to stagnate or wither away.
The fittest survive and prosper (by and large) - but anything at all may be the decisive factor.
As behaviorism prospered, the scientific investigation of mental states was discouraged.
Intuitively we expect a few chains to flourish, and in our model the chains which prosper will depend on nonuniformities in initial data.
Under these conditions it is hardly surprising that national associations have prospered only when it suited the specific interest of business or the administration.
For many institutions it is no longer a question of prospering but surviving.
It is likely that weaving prospered and partly relocated towards areas within easy reach of the army contractors.
Good strategies thus survive and prosper while bad strategies decline and go extinct.
