| 单词 | succumb |
| 释义 | succumb (once / 1048 pages) v Use the verb succumb to say that someone yields to something they've tried to fight off, such as despair, temptation, disease or injury. 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." WORD FAMILYsuccumb: succumbed, succumbing, succumbs USAGE EXAMPLESHe never tells us what she died of, though there are hints that she committed suicide: “She succumbed to her own melancholy.” The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017) But Rasputin allegedly did not succumb, and kept asking to meet Irina upstairs. BBC(Dec 30, 2016) His father is Sting, hence the Newcastle allegiance and a refusal “to succumb to Spurs or Arsenal” while growing up in north London. The Guardian(Dec 22, 2016) 1v consent reluctantly Syn|Hypo|Hyper buckle under, give in, knuckle under, yield accede, bow, defer, give in, submit yield to another's wish or opinion accept, consent, go for give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to 2v be fatally overwhelmed Syn|Ant|Hyper yield come through, make it, pull round, pull through, survive continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.) buy the farm, cash in one's chips, choke, conk, croak, decease, die, drop dead, exit, expire, give-up the ghost, go, kick the bucket, pass, pass away, perish, pop off, snuff it pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life |
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