succumb
英 [səˈkʌm]
美 [səˈkʌm]
v. 屈服; 屈从; 抵挡不住(攻击、疾病、诱惑等)
过去式:succumbed 过去分词:succumbed 现在分词:succumbing 第三人称单数:succumbs
Collins.1 / BNC.8445 / COCA.7888
牛津词典
verb
- 屈服;屈从;抵挡不住(攻击、疾病、诱惑等)
to not be able to fight an attack, an illness, a temptation , etc.- The town succumbed after a short siege.
该城被围困不久即告失守。 - His career was cut short when he succumbed to cancer.
他的事业随着他死于癌症而中断。 - He finally succumbed to Lucy's charms and agreed to her request.
他最终为露西的魅力所倾倒,答应了她的请求。
- The town succumbed after a short siege.
柯林斯词典
- VERB 屈从于,屈服于,抵挡不住(诱惑或压力)
If yousuccumb totemptation or pressure, you do something that you want to do, or that other people want you to do, although you feel it might be wrong.- Don't succumb to the temptation to have just one cigarette...
不要经不住诱惑,只抽一支烟也不行。 - The Minister said his country would never succumb to pressure.
首相说他的国家永远都不会屈服于压迫。
- Don't succumb to the temptation to have just one cigarette...
- VERB 感染,死于(疾病)
If yousuccumb toan illness, you become affected by it or die from it.- A few years later, Katya succumbed to cancer in London...
几年后,卡佳因患癌症在伦敦病逝。 - I was determined not to succumb to the virus.
我坚决不向病毒屈服。
- A few years later, Katya succumbed to cancer in London...
英英释义
verb
- consent reluctantly
- be fatally overwhelmed
双语例句
- The discovery sheds light on why members of the so-called stronger sex succumb to "man-flu".
这一发现解释了所谓的强势性别&男人总易患流感的原因。 - I realised how a person becomes suppressed and begins to succumb due to pain and loss.
我意识到一个人怎么变得压抑,以至于佩痛苦和失落折服。 - I was determined not to succumb to the virus.
我坚决不向病毒屈服。 - You will never succumb to challenges or hardships.
你绝不会向挑战或困难屈服。 - You will never succumb to challenges and hardships; you will never waver in your pursuit of excellence.
你将永远不会屈服于挑战和困难,你绝不会动摇你的追求卓越。 - Those who claim that this effect would be small succumb either to an illusion or deliberately underestimate this risk.
主张后一种效应不大的人,要么产生了幻觉,要么故意低估这一风险。 - The Minister said his country would never succumb to pressure.
首相说他的国家永远都不会屈服于压迫。 - I will never succumb to your temptation.
我决不会屈服于你的诱惑。 - Procrastinators often succumb to this sort of perfectionism.
拖延者经常屈服于此种完美主义。 - Such teachers succumb to their own melancholy in their interactions with children.
这些教师在与孩子们互动过程中屈服于自己的抑郁质。