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suc·cumb
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第三人称单数:succumbs
现在分词:succumbing
过去式:succumbed
过去分词:succumbed
intransitive verb
to give in or give way to a fatal illness, superior force, overwhelming desire, or the like; yield.His sister succumbed to diphtheria that winter.They could hold off the enemy no longer and were forced to succumb.He tried to resist the desserts, but after seeing the tray he succumbed to temptation.
15世纪晚期,源自古法语 succomber “屈服,死亡,输掉(法律)案件”,直接源自拉丁语 succumbere “屈服,投降,屈服,被克服; 下沉; 躺下; 同居”,来自 sub “在...下面”(见 sub-)和 -cumbere “采取躺下的姿势”,与 cubare “躺下”相关(见 cubicle)。最初是及物动词; “在压力下下沉”的意义首次记录于1600年左右。作为“死亡”的委婉说法,始于1849年。相关: Succumbed; succumbing。
French & Latin; French succomber, from Latin succumbere, from sub- + -cumbere to lie down; akin to Latin cubare to lie
The first known use of succumb was in 1604
suchlike1 of 2adjective
of like kind : similar
the third suchlike event
suchlike2 of 2pronoun
someone or something of the same sort : a similar person or thing
pencils, pens, and suchlike
such1 of 3adjective
of a kind or character to be indicated or suggested
a coat such as a doctor wears
having a quality already specified
deeply moved by such acts of kindness
so great : so remarkable such courage
such a storm
of the same class, type, or sort : similar
opened three such stores
such2 of 3pronoun
such a person or thing
has a plan if it may be called such
someone or something stated, implied, or exemplified such were the Romans
such was the result
someone or something of the same kind
ships and planes and such
such3 of 3adverb
to such a degree : so
such tall buildings
very entry 2 sense 1
hasn't been in such good spirits lately
succumbverb
to yield to force or pressure
succumb to temptation
die entry 1 sense 1
many of the early settlers succumbed during the winter
1 But he also pouted about work assignments and succumbed to fits of anger.
2 They reported that one of the men, in his death throes, had tom off most of his clothing before finally succumbing to the elements.
3 There in the dark her memory was refreshed, and she succumbed to her earlier dreams.
4 I can also play any other instrument I like, for as long as I want, within reason, without succumbing to the same worry.
5 It is important not to succumb to panic in some circumstances.
另外在某些情况下,不屈服于恐惧也很重要。
6 Do not succumb to social pressures.
别屈服于社会压力.
7 She spoke English and was married to a white man, and she had not succumbed to the temptations that had hurt many young members of the tribe, including Anna.
8 He didn’t want her to get breathless and succumb to a fit of coughing.
9 He had succumbed to these pressures by sentencing us to life and resisted them by not giving us death.
10 I was determined not to succumb to the virus.
我坚决不向病毒屈服。
11 All I fear will succumb before the tremendous array of negative arguments and forces.
我所引以为忧的这一切会在消极论调和消极力量形成的巨大堡垒前面,化成泡影.
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 There’s only one place that could be: Candor headquarters, where I succumbed to the truth serum.
14 It had been established in 1973 after four members of a single Japanese trekking group succumbed to the altitude and died in the vicinity.
15 Had it been as inflexible as supposed, it would have succumbed long before it finally did.
16 I can see why humans succumb to the beautiful nightmare of the Court, why they willingly drown in it.
17 He thought that she might have succumbed, for once, to tears.
18 The more you succumb to it, the harder it is to change.
你越是屈服于它,你就越难改变。
19 The patient, however, progressed systemically and succumbed to her illness.
但是, 此例患者仍然发生了疾病全身进展并死亡.
20 They will never succumb to the enemies.
他们决不向敌人屈服.
1 承认失败
2 被压倒
3 死
cold dead mortal lifeless mortuary deathly bung perishing ob. last end night death die sleep grave accent fate ending curtain tomb decay expiry utterance nothingness consummation gruel finis mort lights-out deadness kiss-off quietus go pass cool kick exit quit expire depart bleed perish pike crater pip croak evanish one's last sleep quit the scene feet foremost toes up shut lights lose the number of mess cross the Great Divide flack out join the choir invisible go to Maker sleep with fathers go to account go the way of all flesh go glimmering salted down strike bedrock go home in a box pass in chips pop off the hooks kick up heels go home feet first go to glory go bung pass in marble go home pass in in the dust quit it lost deceased fallen defunct breathless feetfirst reaper be gathered to fathers cross the Styx give up breath go over to the majority join the majority pass over to the majority yield breath last sleep lay bones with feet foremost return to dust the fatal shears yield up the ghost hand in accounts sleep last sleep cash in checks hand in checks pass in checks turn up toes go belly up pay debt to nature pay the debt of nature fall asleep be no more meet fate belly up great divide shed blood extinct departed belly-up asleep rest dying kill step off below ground out cold bitter end the great divide dead as a dodo meet end go off handle be food for worms get quietus give up the spirit go the way off all flesh go to last home king of terrors shut light slip off the hooks the king of terrors tip over the perch one's latter end lick the dust slip the cable depart this life so the way of all flesh fall off the perch hop the perch push up the daisies turn up toes to the daisies slip cable slip wind turn the toes up slip breath d. stagnant unresponsive peg out pop your clogs be pushing up daisies kick the bucket meet your maker snuff it pop off inanimate spiritless clay-cold feet-first finish shade thirty demise bane exanimation part fall decease dead point dead pull
4 死亡
dead mortal mortuary last end death sleep exit fate doom demise fatality dissolution expiry fade-out quietus fall die expire depart perish croak close eyes under hatches
5 屈从
sequacious compliable subservient obsequious slavery stoop bondage subservience servility yield grovel genuflect truckle submission servile self-surrender bend bow under hatches subject compliant obedient pliable resigned compliance obedience resignation servitude evade gratify bend the knee bend to surrender capitulate abase cave in to cave in subjection
6 服从
supple obedient submissive yielding dutiful deferential conformable biddable compliance discipline submission obedience deference subjection obeisance serve mind submit consent obey defer subject tame subordinate duteous unresisting sufferance vail listen accept fulfil yield bend bow endure in obedience to toe the line
7 屈服
prone prostrate submission humiliation cave-in submit yield crack bend bow knuckle stoop lout down crush buckle send under the yoke knock down to size pass under the yoke go to Canossa come to terms drop bundle yieldly yieldance fall cave surrender weaken capitulate grovel kiss the ground under heel come under the yoke make terms cut the comb of say uncle yield to under foot cry uncle bow down subordinate cede surrender to buckle under push to the wall cry craven crumple up bend before under feet bend the knee unresisting give-away climbdown vail give break climb down subjugate give way knuckle under give in cave in cave in to knuckle under to give way to give in to sell out submittal genuflection climb-down nonresistance subdual genuflect nod