succumb
succumb 英 [səˈkʌm] 美 [səˈkʌm]
vi. 屈服，屈从
进行时:succumbing 过去式:succumbed 过去分词:succumbed 第三人称单数:succumbs 名词复数:succumbs
- Use the verb succumb to say that someone yields to something they've tried to fight off, such as despair, temptation, disease or injury.
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- vi. 屈服，屈从
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1. The town succumbed after a short siege.
该城被围困不久即告失守。
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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。
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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。
- succumb (v.) late 15c., from Old French succomber "succumb, die, lose one's (legal) case," and directly from Latin succumbere "submit, surrender, yield, be overcome; sink down; lie under; cohabit with," from assimilated form of sub "under, beneath" (see sub-) + -cumbere "take a reclining position," related to cubare "lie down" (see cubicle). Originally transitive; sense of "sink under pressure" is first recorded c. 1600. As a euphemism for "to die," from 1849. Related: Succumbed; succumbing.
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