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Succumb Verb Die 动词 Temptation   [V N   [Formal

英语单词 succumb
英美音标 英 [sə'kʌm] 美 [sə'kʌm]
中文释义 v.屈从;死
英语例句 (1) The mangabeys have been able to resist SIV, while the macaques, much like humans, inevitably succumb to it.
(2) Some advocates of leaving say the presence of Western infidels in Afghanistan is so provocative that it makes Pakistan itself likelier to succumb to the jihadists.
(3) Malnourished children are more likely to succumb to infections.
中文例句 (1) 白眉猴已经能够抵抗猴免疫缺陷病毒,而恒河猴,就像人类一样,不可避免地屈从于它。
(2) 一些赞成撤军的人士声称西方异教者在阿富汗的存在势力太具有挑衅意味而使巴基斯坦自己更有可能屈从与圣战分子。
(3) 营养不良的儿童更有可能死于感染。
vocabulary简明 Use the verb succumb to say that someone yields to something they've tried to fight off, such as despair, temptation, disease or injury.
vocabulary扩展 If you succumb to cancer, it means you die of it. From this sentence you can see that this verb is usually followed by the preposition to. The Latin root is succumbere, from the prefix sub- "under" plus -cumbere "to lie down."
柯林斯解释
1
[VERB 动词]屈从于,屈服于,抵挡不住(诱惑或压力) If you succumb to temptation or pressure, you do something that you want to do, or that other people want you to do, although you feel it might be wrong.
  [V to n]
  [FORMAL 正式]
  • Don't succumb to the temptation to have just one cigarette...

    不要经不住诱惑,只抽一支烟也不行。

  • The Minister said his country would never succumb to pressure.

    首相说他的国家永远都不会屈服于压迫。

2
[VERB 动词]感染,死于(疾病) If you succumb to an illness, you become affected by it or die from it.
  [V to n]
  [FORMAL 正式]
  • A few years later, Katya succumbed to cancer in London...

    几年后,卡佳因患癌症在伦敦病逝。

  • I was determined not to succumb to the virus.

    我坚决不向病毒屈服。

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