succumb
音标发音
- 英式音标 [səˈkʌm]
- 美式音标 [səˈkʌm]
- 国际音标 [sə'kʌm]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- vi. 屈服；死；被压垮
词根记忆
- suc(在…下面) + cumb(躺)→躺下不再起来→死亡
- suc(下面) + cumb(躺)→躺下去→因…死亡
- suc(下面) + cumb(躺)→躺在黄土下→死
英汉例句
- I was determined not to succumb to the virus.
我坚决不向病毒屈服。 - Malnourished children are more likely to succumb to infections.
营养不良的儿童更有可能死于感染. - They will never succumb to the enemies.
他们决不向敌人屈服. - He said the United States was not willing to engage in a search for partial solutions — to succumb, as he put it, to a siren song.
他说美国不愿意参与仅仅解决部分问题的方案的探索——按照他的说法，这种做法就是向诱惑低头。 - I was determined not to succumb to the virus.
我坚决不向病毒屈服。
英英字典
- to lose the determination to oppose something; to accept defeat
- If you succumb to temptation 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.