| 释义 |
suc·cumb /səˈkʌm/
vi.
1. 屈服，屈从；委弃，弃置；听任 (to)
The government has succumbed to pressure from the press. 政府已屈服于新闻界的压力。
He succumbed to the temptation and stole the wallet. 他抵挡不住诱惑偷了那只钱包。
In recent years the trees succumbed to the charcoal burner and the builder. 近几年来，树木任凭烧炭人和建屋者砍伐。
2. 被压垮；死 (to)
succumb to a disease 因病而死(或患重病)
succumb of old age 老迈而死
succumb to malnutrition 死于营养不良
succumb to a serious bullet wound 因受严重枪伤而死
[< L succumbere to be overcome < SUC- + -cumbere < cubāre to lie²] |