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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

succumb [sə'k^m]
  1. 1. vi. [frm] to succumb (to) (to temptation) 抵挡不住
    to succumb to illness
    疾病压垮

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

succumb [sə'kʌm] [sə'kʌm]
  1. 1. vi. 屈服屈从(to)
  2. 2. vi.
    to succumb to a plague
    死于鼠疫

Collins English-English Dictionary

succumb [sə'k^m]
  1. 1. vi. [intr; often foll by to] to give way in face of the overwhelming force (of) or desire (for)
  2. 2. vi. to be fatally overwhelmed (by disease, old age, etc); die (of)
  3. 3. vi. [Etymology] C15: from Latin succumbere to be overcome, from sub- + -cumbere from cubare to lie down

Examples

to succumb to illness
被疾病压垮
You will succumb to temptation, and probably more than once.
你将受到诱惑,并且可能不止一次。
他万念俱灰,觉得生活不过是挨日子。
He's succumb to despair, thinking life is just a burden to be lived through.

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