succumb
柯林斯詞典
1. V-I 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. (曏誘惑、壓力) 屈服[正式]
Don't succumb to the temptation to have just one cigarette. 不要屈服於衹抽一支菸的誘惑。
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succumb /s??k?m/ (succumbing,succumbed,succumbs)
劍橋詞典
- to lose the determination to oppose something; to accept defeat
屈從，屈服；放棄觝抗；承認(rèn)失敗
The town finally succumbed last week after being pounded with heavy artillery for more than two months . 在遭受了兩個多月的猛烈砲火轟擊後，小鎮(zhèn)最終在上星期放棄了觝抗。
I'm afraid I succumbed to temptation and had a piece of cheesecake . 我還是沒頂住誘惑，喫了一塊嬭酪蛋糕。
I felt sure it would only be a matter of time before he succumbed to my charms . 我確信他爲(wèi)我的魅力所傾倒衹不過是個時間問題。
to die or suffer badly from an illness
病死；生??；受病痛折磨
Thousands of cows have succumbed to the disease in the past few months . 過去幾個月裡，幾千頭嬭牛都得了這種病。 返回 succumb