プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第３版)の解説
こう【功】
〔手柄〕a great achievement; 〔成功〕success ((in))
- 功成り名を遂げる
achieve success and fame - 功を立てる
render distinguished services／distinguish oneself - この企画の立案者として功があった
He 「contributed greatly [made a great contribution] as the planner of this project. - 功を急ぎ過ぎた
He was too eager for success. - さすがは年の功だ
Experience will tell.／〔個別の事例について〕It surely proves the advantage of experience. - 功を奏する
be effective ((in)); be successful ((in)); work - 新しい方策はインフレ抑制に功を奏した
The new measures were effective [successful] in curbing inflation.