| 英语单词 | capitulate |
|---|---|
| 英美音标 | 英 [kə'pɪtʃuleɪt] 美 [kə'pɪtʃuleɪt] |
| 中文释义 | v.屈从,停止反抗;有条件投降 |
| 英语例句 | (1) The planters’ ladies were the last to capitulate. (2) We will never capitulate to pressure from outside. (3) The whole course of my life proves that I never capitulate. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 庄园主的夫人们是最后被征服的。 (2) 我们永远不会屈服于外界的压力。 (3) 我的全部生活历程证明我是从来不曾投降过。 |
| vocabulary简明 | Capitulate means to give in to something. "The teachers didn't want to have class outside, but the students begged so hard, she capitulated." |
| vocabulary扩展 | Because capitulate relates to the military, and Romans were all about their military, Latin has a lot to say about this word. In Latin, caput means head, capitulum little head. Think with this word how, at the end of a battle, someone bows their head in defeat, and often that is when heads roll. |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [VERB 动词]不再反抗;屈服 If you capitulate, you stop resisting and do what someone else wants you to do. [V] [V
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