surrendering
present participle ofsurrender
| 单词 | surrendering |
| 释义 | surrendering present participle ofsurrender surrender verb uk/sərˈen.dər/us/səˈren.dɚ/surrenderverb(ACCEPT DEFEAT)C2[I] tostopfightingandadmitdefeat: They wouldratherdiethan surrender (totheinvaders). [I] If you surrender to anexperienceoremotion, youstoptryingtopreventorcontrolit: Ifinallysurrenderedtotemptation, andatethe lastpieceofchocolate.
Stopping fighting
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: 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: Thepolicedemandedthat thegangsurrendertheirweapons. Neithersideiswillingto surrender anyterritory/any oftheirclaims. Giving, providing and supplying
Examplesofsurrenderingsurrendering In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Perhaps there are ways of reenchanting the world withoutsurrenderingour scientific heritage? From theCambridge English Corpus However, the dangers of such wishful thinking, and ofsurrenderingher subjectivity, are more apparent than ever. From theCambridge English Corpus Such successful 'taming ' of contentious movements withoutsurrenderingto their claims is certainly not a new phenomenon. From theCambridge English Corpus Sleeping together, as in the case of women 'losing themselves' to men, meanssurrendering. From theCambridge English Corpus The other side of this rhythmical pattern involves embracing mystery, which involves a form of yielding orsurrenderingin trust to uncertainty. From theCambridge English Corpus If he hesitated, or the action failed, he could be accused ofsurrenderingto government pressure. From theCambridge English Corpus Suchsurrenderingcan also be traced to an unexamined belief about the nature of working-class people. From theCambridge English Corpus To work with what is 'found' implies asurrenderingof control, but they have rationalised this constraint into an opportunity. From theCambridge English Corpus Aftersurrenderinga kidney, it might be difficult to admit that one had made a mistake. From theCambridge English Corpus This study impressively documents the machinations of foreign entrepreneurs and the complicity of the domestic elite that led to thatsurrenderingof control. From theCambridge English Corpus It also requiressurrenderinglegitimate parental interests to those of children. From theCambridge English Corpus It's about nothing more than a moment of glorious noise, andsurrenderingcompletely to its power. From theCambridge English Corpus Surrenderingrhetorical flair to women may thus be seen as a way of redefining the spectacle's proper object. From theCambridge English Corpus That she did so withoutsurrenderingthe authority of a providential intention at work in her test strikes me as necessarily conservative in conviction and as brilliantly radical in form. From theCambridge English Corpus This would involve the formal agencies insurrenderingsome significant powers if a worthwhile measure of informal social care is to be provided within neighbourhood social networks. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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