单词 | surrender |
释义 | surrender (once / 170 pages) vn To surrender is to give up control of something to someone else. If you miss curfew, your parents might make you surrender the keys to the car. Okay, it's only a minivan, but it's still cooler than being on foot patrol. If you want someone to give up, you might order them to surrender. The witch in the Wizard of Oz wrote "Surrender Dorothy!" in the sky above the Emerald City. You can use the noun surrender when you give up on a task. For example, if you are cleaning the house, but every time you finish a room, the kids mess up another, you can throw your hands up and declare, "I surrender!" WORD FAMILYsurrender: surrendered, surrenderer, surrendering, surrenders USAGE EXAMPLESTwo nights after yielding a season-worst 69 points in the first half to James Harden and Houston, the Knicks surrendered 67 to the Magic. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) Negotiators were able to get the man to surrender shortly after 1 a.m. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) The suspect fled the scene but later returned and surrendered. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1v relinquish possession or control over The squatters had to surrender the building after the police moved in Syn|Hypo|Hyper cede, deliver, give up yield up surrender, as a result of pressure or force sellgive up for a price or reward sign away, sign overformally assign ownership of gift, give, present give as a present; make a gift of 2v give up; agree to stop fighting or resisting The last Taleban fighters finally surrendered Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper give up hold out, resist, stand firm, withstand stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something abnegate surrender (power or a position) concedeacknowledge defeat capitulatesurrender under agreed conditions yield cease opposition; stop fighting 3n the act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions) Syn|Hyper capitulation, fall loss the act of losing someone or something 4n acceptance of despair Syn|Hypo|Hyper resignation defeatism acceptance of the inevitability of defeat despair the feeling that everything is wrong and nothing will turn out well 5n the delivery of a principal into lawful custody Hypo|Hyper extradition the surrender of an accused or convicted person by one state or country to another (usually under the provisions of a statute or treaty) delivery, legal transfer, livery the voluntary transfer of something (title or possession) from one party to another 6n a verbal act of admitting defeat Syn|Hyper giving up, yielding relinquishing, relinquishment a verbal act of renouncing a claim or right or position etc. |
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