succumb
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++suc·cumb /səˈkʌm/ verb [intransitive] formal 1 LOSE A GAME, COMPETITION, OR WARCONTROL#to stop opposing someone or something that is stronger than you, and allow them to take control 屈服，屈从；不再抵抗 SYN give insuccumb to Succumbing to pressure from the chemical industry, Governor Blakely amended the regulations. 屈服于化工行业的压力，布莱克利州长修改了条例。 Gina succumbed to temptation and had a second serving of cake. 吉娜抵挡不住诱惑，吃了第二份蛋糕。2 MIILLif you succumb to an illness, you become very ill or die of it 患重病；死于〔某疾病〕succumb to About 400,000 Americans succumb each year to smoking-related illnesses. 每年大约有 40 万名美国人死于吸烟引起的疾病。→ See Verb table
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succumb• Both times, however, he succumbed.• Lewis succumbed to cancer in 1985.• Reacting to Maj. Botha's statement anti-apartheid groups said they believed that he had succumbed to government pressure to protect Buthelezi.• It might have been true once - and she was glad now that she had never succumbed to Hugh's importuning.• Will Stansted succumb to major expansion?• People would succumb to temptation and revert to familiar if inefficient form.• We can not, we will not succumb to the dark impulses that lurk in the far regions of the soul everywhere.succumb to• The country has not yet succumbed to international pressure to stop nuclear testing.Origin succumb (1400-1500) French succomber, from Latin succumbere, from sub- ( → SUB-) + cumbere “to lie down”suc·cumb verbChineseSyllable
someone to or opposing something that Corpus is stop
succumb
suc‧cumb /səˈkʌm/
verb [intransitive] formal
SYN give in
succumb to
Succumbing to pressure from the chemical industry, Governor Blakely amended the regulations.
Gina succumbed to temptation and had a second serving of cake.
2. if you succumb to an illness, you become very ill or die of it
succumb to
About 400,000 Americans succumb each year to smoking-related illnesses.
suc‧cumb /səˈkʌm/
verb [intransitive] formal Date: 1400-1500
Language: French
Origin: succomber, from Latin succumbere, from sub- ( ⇨ sub-) + cumbere 'to lie down'
1. to stop opposing someone or something that is stronger than you, and allow them to take control Language: French
Origin: succomber, from Latin succumbere, from sub- ( ⇨ sub-) + cumbere 'to lie down'
SYN give in
succumb to
2. if you succumb to an illness, you become very ill or die of it
succumb to