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单词 capitulate
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capitulate
verb[I]
uk
/kəˈpɪtʃ.ə.leɪt/us
/kəˈpɪtʃ.ə.leɪt/
toacceptmilitarydefeat:
投降；屈服；停止抵抗
Theirforcescapitulated fivehoursafter thebombardmentof thecitybegan.在该市被轰炸了5个小时之后，他们的军队投降了。
toacceptsomething oragreeto do somethingunwillingly:
被迫接受；被迫同意；让步
Thesportsministertoday capitulatedtocallsfor hisresignation.体育部长今天被迫接受了要他辞职的要求。
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Losing and being defeated
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(Definition ofcapitulatefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

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capitulate
verb[I]
us
/kəˈpɪtʃ·əˌleɪt/
toacceptdefeat, or to give up or give in:
I capitulated andletmydaughtergo with herfriends.

capitulation

noun[C/U]us
/kəˌpɪtʃ·əˈleɪ·ʃən/
[C]This was not a capitulation but anagreement.
(Definition ofcapitulatefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcapitulate

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After considerable persuasion, the management capitulated magnificently and undertook to redesign the hall.
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If people vote for that, they will all have capitulated.
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I do not believe that any of our customers thought they had capitulated when they asked for an overdraft and got it.
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They delivered it to the planners and the planners capitulated, as they did with the trees.
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They have capitulated to the moneylenders, and what have they capitulated to do?
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The trouble is that they have capitulated in an evil hour.
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Far from capitulating, we should strengthen our internal safeguards against bogus asylum seekers.
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We are glad that at least he has not entirely capitulated to his back bench friends and their demands.
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They take their revenge by clobbering the weak, the elderly and disabled while capitulating to the strong.
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There is no need to admit that he and his colleagues are capitulating to the lobby.
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Instead of that, he capitulates to the rebels, on instructions probably, from those in higher circles.
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She capitulated with grace, as we would expect her to do, as a result.
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Anyhow, we have not capitulated to the clamour.
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There is no great merit in confessing his failure to preserve his honour by saying that he only did it when he had capitulated.
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Indeed, we could not compromise any more without capitulating fully.
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