succumb

🇺🇸 /səˈkʌm/ 🇬🇧 /səˈkʌm/
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標籤 TOP10000CEFR-C2
intransitive verb
R

To give in to something, like a feeling or pressure.

Despite his best efforts, he succumbed to the temptation of the sweet dessert.

儘管他盡了最大努力,但他還是屈服於甜點的誘惑。

R

To die because of an illness or injury.

The brave soldier succumbed to his wounds in the battle.

那位勇敢的士兵在戰鬥中因傷勢過重而犧牲。

translation

vi. 屈服, 死亡

詞形變化

3rd Present succumbs
Past succumbed
Perfect succumbed
Progressive succumbing