surrender
verb
uk/sərˈen.dər/us/səˈren.dɚ/surrenderverb(ACCEPT DEFEAT)
C2[I]
tostopfightingandadmitdefeat:
投降They wouldratherdiethan surrender (totheinvaders).他们宁死也不(向侵略者)投降。
[I]
If you surrender to anexperienceoremotion, youstoptryingtopreventorcontrolit:
任凭摆布,屈服Ifinallysurrenderedtotemptation, andatethe lastpieceofchocolate.我最后还是抵挡不住诱惑,吃掉了剩下的最后一块巧克力。
- Therebels'ammunitionisalmostfinishedand it is only amatteroftimebefore they surrender.
- Aftertheirdefeatinbattle, thesoldierssurrendered.
- Theylaiddowntheirweaponsand surrendered.
- Thetroopsinfrontof us either surrendered orofferedonlytokenresistance.
Stopping fighting
- anti-militarist
- anti-militaristic
- armistice
- beat/turn swords into ploughsharesidiom
- ceasefire
- demilitarization
- demilitarize
- fall
- fall back
- lay
- laysomethingdown
- non-combat
- pacification
- pacify
- pull
- pull back
- pullout
- sword
- truce
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Accepting & agreeing reluctantly
surrenderverb(GIVE)
[T]
to give something that is yours to someoneelsebecause you have beenforcedto do so or because it isnecessaryto do so:
(被迫)交出,放弃Thepolicedemandedthat thegangsurrendertheirweapons.警方要求那个团伙交出武器。
Neithersideiswillingto surrender anyterritory/any oftheirclaims.双方都不愿意在领土上/自己的主张上作出任何让步。
Giving, providing and supplying
- accommodate
- accord
- administer
- administration
- assignment
- award
- hand off
- handsomethingin
- handsomethingout
- handsomethingover
- handsomethinground
- invest
- lay
- passing
- reassignment
- rebid
- regift
- reprovision
- resource
- spare
surrender
noun[CorU]
uk/sərˈen.dər/us/səˈren.dɚ/theactofstoppingfightingandofficiallyadmittingdefeat:
投降Therebelsare on thepointof surrender.叛军很快就要投降了。
Stopping fighting
- anti-militarist
- anti-militaristic
- armistice
- beat/turn swords into ploughsharesidiom
- ceasefire
- demilitarization
- demilitarize
- fall
- fall back
- lay
- laysomethingdown
- non-combat
- pacification
- pacify
- pull
- pull back
- pullout
- sword
- truce