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　

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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.
  1. The town succumbed after a short siege.
     该城被围困不久即告失守。
  2. His career was cut short when he succumbed to cancer.
     他的事业随着他死于癌症而中断。
  3. 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。

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.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
• VERB 感染，死于(疾病)
  If yousuccumb toan illness, you become affected by it or die from it.
  1. A few years later, Katya succumbed to cancer in London...
     几年后，卡佳因患癌症在伦敦病逝。
  2. I was determined not to succumb to the virus.
     我坚决不向病毒屈服。

英英释义

verb

• consent reluctantly
  Synonym:yieldgive inknuckle underbuckle under
• be fatally overwhelmed
  Synonym:yield

双语例句

• A few years later, Katya succumbed to cancer in London
  几年后，卡佳因患癌症在伦敦病逝。
• 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 will never succumb to your temptation.
  我决不会屈服于你的诱惑。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Malnourished children are more likely to succumb to infections.
  营养不良的儿童更有可能死于感染。
• I am in to us of this respect succumb feel baffling, we can let consumer gain better experience originally.
  我对我们在这方面的屈服感到不可理解，我们本来可以让消费者获得更好的体验的。
• We will not succumb to inflationary pressures coming from outside.
  我们不会屈服于外来的通胀压力。
• I was determined not to succumb to the virus.
  我坚决不向病毒屈服。