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单词 succumb
释义 suc·cumb
\səˈkəm\ intransitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: French & Latin; French succomber, from Latin succumbere to fall down, yield, from sub- + -cumbere to lie down (akin to Latin cubare to lie down) — more at hip
1. : to yield and cease to resist or contend before a superior strength, overpowering appeal or desire, or inexorable force
 < succumbed to her drowsiness — Willa Cather >
 < the free economic system succumbed to the strains of war — C.E.Black & E.C.Helmreich >
2. : to cease to exist : die
 < disease ravaged the voyagers, more than half of whom succumbedAmerican Guide Series: North Carolina >
 < 590 businesses succumbedDun's Review >
Synonyms: see yield
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