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Succumb Sə'Kʌm V.屈从;因…死亡 英 V.屈从(To Yield Superior Strength);因…死亡(To

单词 succumb
音标 [sə'kʌm]
解释 v.屈从;因…死亡
红宝书 【英】 v.屈从(to yield to superior strength);因…死亡(to be brought to an end by the effects of destructive or disruptive forces)
【记】 suc(下面)+cumb(躺) →躺下去→死亡
【同】 同根词:recumbent( 斜躺的); encumber(妨碍)
【例】 The government has succumbed to pressure from the press.
字源 succumb (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.
不择手段背单词 v. (向强大力量)屈从
【记】suc下面, cumb躺-躺下去-屈从
【参】recumbent(adj 靠着的; 斜躺着的); encumber(v 妨碍)
趣味全助记 【记】suc + cumb 躺,躺倒,倒下

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