| 正面 | 8030.succumb 英 [sə'kʌm]美 [sə'kʌm]     |
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| 背面 |     释义： 1. sub- => suc- "down" + cumb-.2. => submit, sink down, lie under.vi. 屈服；死；被压垮 例句： 1. I was determined not to succumb to the virus.我坚决不向病毒屈服。 succumb 屈服，屈从suc-,在下，-cumb,躺，词源同 succubus,recumbent.即躺在下面，引申比喻义屈服，屈从。 succumbsuccumb: [15] Someone who succumbs to something is etymologically ‘lying down under’ it. The word comes via Old French succomber from Latin succumbere, a compound verb formed from the prefix sub- ‘under’ and -cumbere ‘lie’. This verbal element also produced English incumbent and recumbent, and the non-nasalized version of its stem lies behind covey, incubate, incubus, and succubus.=> covey, incubate, incumbent, recumbentsuccumb (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 sub "down" (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." |