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单词 succumb
释义
succumb
verb[I]
formal
uk
/səˈkʌm/us
/səˈkʌm/
C2
tolosethedeterminationtoopposesomething; toacceptdefeat:
屈从，屈服；放弃抵抗；承认失败
Thetownfinallysuccumbed lastweekafter beingpoundedwithheavyartilleryfor more than twomonths.在遭受了两个多月的猛烈炮火轰击后，小镇最终在上星期放弃了抵抗。
I'mafraidI succumbedtotemptationand had apieceofcheesecake.我还是没顶住诱惑，吃了一块奶酪蛋糕。
Ifeltsureit would only be amatteroftimebefore he succumbedtomycharms.我确信他为我的魅力所倾倒只不过是个时间问题。
C2
todieorsufferbadlyfrom anillness:
病死；生病；受病痛折磨
Thousands ofcowshave succumbedtothediseasein the past fewmonths.过去几个月里，几千头奶牛都得了这种病。
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
to stop living
  • dieMy dog died last week.
  • die a natural/violent deathShe dies a natural death at home, surrounded by loved ones.
  • pass awayHe passed away peacefully in hospital.
  • pass onI'm sorry to hear that your grandfather has passed on.
  • passUSMy father passed last year.
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Losing and being defeated
  • admit
  • battering
  • chase
  • chase shadowsidiom
  • concede
  • defeat
  • downfall
  • fallen
  • give
  • give in
  • go
  • go down
  • non-winning
  • say
  • say uncleidiom
  • tail
  • take a batteringidiom
  • tie
  • whipsaw
  • you win!idiom
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You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:

Being & falling ill
Death and dying
(Definition ofsuccumbfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

succumb| American Dictionary

succumb
verb[I]
us
/səˈkʌm/
tolosethedeterminationtoopposesomething, or to give up andacceptsomething that you firstopposed:
She succumbed totemptationand had a secondhelpingoficecream.
If you succumb to anillness, youdiefrom it.
(Definition ofsuccumbfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

succumb| Business English

succumb
verb[I]
formal
uk
/səˈkʌm/us
tolosethedeterminationtoopposesomething, or toacceptdefeat:
succumb to sthThecompanysuccumbed to a $41bnbidfromitsarchrival.
(Definition ofsuccumbfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsuccumb

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The intuition is that healthier workers have greater productivity, since workers are more able to work diligently, for longer hours, without succumbing to debilitation.
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They even cried and succumbed to hysteria, hitherto seen as a specifically female malady.
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An advantage of large seed size: tolerating rather than succumbing to seed predators.
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Most likely, he had succumbed to his serious illness.
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Instead, brains succumbed to brawn with dreadful results.
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In contemporary controls >90% of neonates succumbed to pulmonary hypoplasia.
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With little access to medical care, many of them succumbed to exhaustion, starvation and disease.
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The church itself, the most characteristic of all medieval institutions, also succumbed to this decline, and in some instances, became a partner of national government.
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When he succumbs to the charms of the ' unknown' woman, she unmasks, then leaves him.
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Cowling has not succumbed, in his advancing years, to any tendency to become accommodating.
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Older people are characterised by the different elements of anti-ageing science as having lost their good looks, succumbed to disease, become overwhelmed by senility, and as surrendering to death.
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She serves to promote consumption, not to partake of it; rather than succumbing to the cap-buying frenzy, she continues to go about "more shabby than ever" (169; ch. 12).
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While this choice may eliminate fear of vertigo, it sometimes leaves the author open to the charge of succumbing to the occasionally dubious authority of her primary and secondary sources.
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108 societal bonds of house organizations were unable to endure the pressures of political catastrophe, and ultimately the houses succumbed to burdens placed on the broader systems of politicoeconomic organization.
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We were not able to determine whether certain variables protected some children from later harm while other families succumbed to dynamic stressors or lack of resources.
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