succumbing

英 [səˈkʌmɪŋ]

美 [səˈkʌmɪŋ]

v.  屈服; 屈从; 抵挡不住(攻击、疾病、诱惑等)
succumb的现在分词

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。

双语例句

• Business leaders always run the risk of gbecoming isolated and succumbing to flattery.
  商业领袖往往有遭到孤立和屈服于谄媚的风险。
• Before succumbing to these technologies, leaders should remember how little virtual war has actually accomplished.
  在向这些高科技“俯首称臣”之前，领导人们别忘了，虚拟战争在实际中取得的效果是何等有限。
• Succumbing to those arguments would be a tragic mistake.
  如果屈从于那些叫嚣撤退的声音，那么这将会是一个悲剧性的错误。
• But these arguments are now succumbing to sheer weight of evidence.
  但是这些说法在强有力的证据面前正败下阵来。
• The Scythians founded a rich, powerful empire that survived for several centuries before succumbing to the Sarmatians during the4th century BC.
  斯基泰人成立了一个丰富，功能强大的帝国屈服在公元前4世纪的萨尔马提亚之前的几百年存活。
• They would not in the end abandon their vital interests by succumbing to Soviet blandishment.
  他们最终决不会受苏联人的甜言蜜语的诱惑，从而抛弃自己的切身利益。
• But in times of stress, a person is prone to succumbing to the suppressed trait that led to his career choice, whether breaking the law or binge eating.
  但一旦面临压力，一个人会倾向屈从于诱使自己做出职业选择的某种被压抑的品质，比如违法或暴饮暴食。
• More worrying for investors, however, is the question of whether PetroChina is succumbing to the industry disease of rising costs and capital expenditure.
  但更令投资者担心的是，他们怀疑中石油是否感染了整个行业的弊病：成本和资本支出不断上升。
• Mrs.? Smith washed and ironed clothes for him, succumbing to him.
  史密斯太太被他迷住了，愿意为他洗衣烫衣。
• The truth is they could just as easily protest against themselves for blindly succumbing to this leveraged society.
  事实上，他们也大可抗议自己盲目屈服于这个杠杆化的社会。