a)DO WELLto be successful, especially in work or business 〔尤指在工作或生意上〕成功,干得好
He’s doing very well at college.
他在大学里成绩很好。
Elizabeth’s done well for herself since she moved to London.
伊丽莎白自从到了伦敦以后干得非常好。
b)BETTER/RECOVEREDif someone who has been ill is doing well, they are becoming healthy again 〔病人〕康复
He had the operation yesterday, and he’s doing very well.
他昨天做了手术,恢复得很好。
Examples from the Corpus
do well• The operation was successful and the patient is doing well.• Gail seemed so anxious to do well, and she worked really hard.• Most of his tutors expected him to do well at Harvard.• You must do well at this, that, or the other.• I remember her 4-Hteacher told me Molly inspired others in her class to do well because of her determination.• My friend left college and went into law, and he's doing very well for himself.• When the playersdo well, I praise them -- but there are no rewards for coming second.• Blues singersdo well in Ireland, as Celts have a feeling for Negromusic.• Parents are likely to want children to do well in life.• Wall Street is not concerned about whether old people do well in retirement.• Neither of the kids was doing well in school.• He represented the ability to do well in the world.• The producer would only say that sales of the video were 'doing very well indeed.'• The presence of a star, Glenn Robinson, may be the reason it did well that year.• The players we have are good enough to do well without people like him.• If the firmdoes well, your shares will be worth far more than you paid for them.