succumbed

英 [səˈkʌmd]

美 [səˈkʌmd]

v.  屈服; 屈从; 抵挡不住(攻击、疾病、诱惑等)
succumb的过去分词和过去式

柯林斯词典

• VERB 屈从于，屈服于，抵挡不住(诱惑或压力)
  If yousuccumb totemptation 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.
  1. Don't succumb to the temptation to have just one cigarette...
     不要经不住诱惑，只抽一支烟也不行。
  2. The Minister said his country would never succumb to pressure.
     首相说他的国家永远都不会屈服于压迫。
• VERB 感染，死于(疾病)
  If yousuccumb toan illness, you become affected by it or die from it.
  1. A few years later, Katya succumbed to cancer in London...
     几年后，卡佳因患癌症在伦敦病逝。
  2. I was determined not to succumb to the virus.
     我坚决不向病毒屈服。

双语例句

• If I had followed the rules, I would have succumbed to terror and failed my children.
  如果我也遵循了这些规则，我也许就向恐惧投降了，也会使我的孩子失望。
• The town succumbed after a short siege.
  该城被围困不久即告失守。
• Inevitably, many of the fledgling republics succumbed to hyperinflation.
  不可避免的是，很多新兴共和国陷入了极度通胀。
• I'm afraid I succumbed to temptation and had a piece of cheesecake.
  恐怕我是无法抵制奶酪饼的诱惑所以还是吃了一块。
• But her career eventually succumbed to her husband's even bigger success.
  但最终她的事业还是败给了更为成功的丈夫。
• The helpless wounded succumbed to her charms without a struggle.
  那些无依无靠的伤兵会乖乖地屈服于她的魅力之下。
• The doctor analyzed the symptoms of the malady to which the prisoner had succumbed, and declared that he was dead.
  医生分析了犯人所得的病症，宣布他已经死了。
• He finally succumbed to the cancer a year ago.
  一年前，他最终向癌症屈服。
• The town finally succumbed last week after being pounded with heavy artillery for more than two months.
  在遭受了两个多月的重炮轰击后，小镇最终还是在上星期投降了。
• The animal succumbed to smoke inhalation and did not survive, the fire department said.
  消防部门称，这只小动物因吸入浓烟而丧生了。