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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Collins.1 / BNC.8445 / COCA.7888



牛津词典

verb

  1. 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

  1. VERB 屈从于,屈服于,抵挡不住(诱惑或压力)
    If you succumb to temptation 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。
  2. VERB 感染,死于(疾病)
    If you succumb to an 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。

双语例句

  1. He said the United States was not willing to engage in a search for partial solutions — to succumb, as he put it, to a siren song.
    他说美国不愿意参与仅仅解决部分问题的方案的探索——按照他的说法,这种做法就是向诱惑低头。
  2. 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。
  3. 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。
  4. A few years later, Katya succumbed to cancer in London
    几年后,卡佳因患癌症在伦敦病逝。
  5. I was determined not to succumb to the virus.
    我坚决不向病毒屈服。
  6. 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。
  7. You will never succumb to challenges of hardships.
    你将决不屈服于艰难的挑战。
  8. So every day he prays not to succumb to it and to focus on what matters to him.
    所以,他每天祈祷自己不要屈服在贪婪的心理之下,而要把心思放在对自己重要的事情上。
  9. I occasionally succumb to the same temptation.
    我偶尔也会屈服于同样的诱惑。
  10. This suggests that geometric shapes in the universe ultimately succumb to this mathematical property.
    这表明,宇宙中的几何形状最终还是屈服于这个数学属性。
  11. You will never succumb to challenges or hardships.
    你绝不会向挑战或困难屈服。
  12. The implication, that the US economy will slow or more likely succumb to recession, is unavoidable.
    这难免意味着,美国经济就将减速,或者更可能的情况是陷入衰退。
  13. 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。
  14. Don't look back and don't succumb to their lies and goodbyes.
    别回头,别屈服于他们的谎言与问候。
  15. 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。
  16. Do not succumb to social pressures.
    别屈服于社会压力。
  17. We will not succumb to inflationary pressures coming from outside.
    我们不会屈服于外来的通胀压力。
  18. 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。
  19. But it frets about how much those dollars will be worth should America succumb to inflation or depreciation.
    但是,如果美国败给了通胀或者贬值,那中国就要为这些美元能值多少而头疼了。
  20. 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。
  21. To him, all opponents would eventually succumb, bored into submission.
    对他而言,所有对手最终都会屈服,厌烦得屈服。
  22. Malnourished children are more likely to succumb to infections.
    营养不良的儿童更有可能死于感染。
  23. 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。
  24. On some of the biggest decisions in their lives, people succumb to inertia, ignorance or irresolution.
    人们在做人生中最重大决定的时候会听任于惰性、无知或者犹豫不决。
  25. They must succumb or adapt radically in the coming few years.
    未来几年,它们必须屈服或做出彻底的调整。
  26. If we have a multitude of our own IBM and microsoft, will we succumb to high-tech embargoes?
    如果我们有自己的微软和ibm,我们还用怕高科技封锁吗?
  27. Every time I succumb to this temptation, I regret it.
    每次我屈服于这种诱惑时,我都感到后悔。
  28. I will never succumb to your temptation.
    我决不会屈服于你的诱惑。
  29. Procrastinators often succumb to this sort of perfectionism.
    拖延者经常屈服于此种完美主义。
  30. Should I succumb to the force that calls out.
    我应该屈服于力量,叫一声。

英英释义

verb

  1. consent reluctantly

      Synonym:    yieldgive inknuckle underbuckle under

    1. be fatally overwhelmed

        Synonym:    yield