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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
- succumb
[sə'k^m]
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vi.
[frm]
to succumb (to) (to temptation) 抵挡不住
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to succumb to illness
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被疾病压垮
Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- succumb
[sə'kʌm]
[sə'kʌm]
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vi.
屈服,屈从(to)
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2.
vi.
死
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to succumb to a plague
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死于鼠疫
Collins English-English Dictionary
- succumb
[sə'k^m]
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1.
vi.
[intr; often foll by to]
to give way in face of the overwhelming force (of) or desire (for)
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2.
vi.
to be fatally overwhelmed (by disease, old age, etc); die (of)
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3.
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[Etymology]
C15: from Latin succumbere to be overcome, from sub- + -cumbere from cubare to lie down
Examples
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to succumb to illness
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被疾病压垮
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You will succumb to temptation, and probably more than once.
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你将受到诱惑,并且可能不止一次。
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他万念俱灰,觉得生活不过是挨日子。
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He's succumb to despair, thinking life is just a burden to be lived through.
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