单词 | succumb |
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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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