succumb

英 [səˈkʌm]

美 [səˈkʌm]

v.  屈服; 屈从; 抵挡不住(攻击、疾病、诱惑等)

过去式：succumbed　过去分词：succumbed　现在分词：succumbing　第三人称单数：succumbs　

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牛津词典

verb

• 屈服；屈从；抵挡不住（攻击、疾病、诱惑等）
  to not be able to fight an attack, an illness, a temptation , etc.
  1. The town succumbed after a short siege.
     该城被围困不久即告失守。
  2. His career was cut short when he succumbed to cancer.
     他的事业随着他死于癌症而中断。
  3. He finally succumbed to Lucy's charms and agreed to her request.
     他最终为露西的魅力所倾倒，答应了她的请求。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 屈从于，屈服于，抵挡不住(诱惑或压力)
  If yousuccumb totemptation or pressure, you do something that you want to do, or that other people want you to do, although you feel it might be wrong.
  1. Don't succumb to the temptation to have just one cigarette...
     不要经不住诱惑，只抽一支烟也不行。
  2. The Minister said his country would never succumb to pressure.
     首相说他的国家永远都不会屈服于压迫。
• VERB 感染，死于(疾病)
  If yousuccumb toan illness, you become affected by it or die from it.
  1. A few years later, Katya succumbed to cancer in London...
     几年后，卡佳因患癌症在伦敦病逝。
  2. I was determined not to succumb to the virus.
     我坚决不向病毒屈服。

英英释义

verb

• consent reluctantly
  Synonym:yieldgive inknuckle underbuckle under
• be fatally overwhelmed
  Synonym:yield

双语例句

• I will never succumb to your temptation.
  我决不会屈服于你的诱惑。
• Every time I succumb to this temptation, I regret it.
  每次我屈服于这种诱惑时，我都感到后悔。
• Procrastinators often succumb to this sort of perfectionism.
  拖延者经常屈服于此种完美主义。
• So every day he prays not to succumb to it and to focus on what matters to him.
  所以，他每天祈祷自己不要屈服在贪婪的心理之下，而要把心思放在对自己重要的事情上。
• To him, all opponents would eventually succumb, bored into submission.
  对他而言，所有对手最终都会屈服，厌烦得屈服。
• Should I succumb to the force that calls out.
  我应该屈服于力量，叫一声。
• You will never succumb to challenges and hardships; you will never waver in your pursuit of excellence.
  你将永远不会屈服于挑战和困难，你绝不会动摇你的追求卓越。
• But it frets about how much those dollars will be worth should America succumb to inflation or depreciation.
  但是，如果美国败给了通胀或者贬值，那中国就要为这些美元能值多少而头疼了。
• On some of the biggest decisions in their lives, people succumb to inertia, ignorance or irresolution.
  人们在做人生中最重大决定的时候会听任于惰性、无知或者犹豫不决。
• We will not succumb to inflationary pressures coming from outside.
  我们不会屈服于外来的通胀压力。