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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

屈服 [qūfú]
  1. 1. verb give in

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

屈服 [qūfú]
  1. 1. subdue; submit; yield; knuckle under; give in; succumb
    严刑拷打并未使她屈服
    Torture failed to make her submit.
    屈服于外界的压力
    yield to pressure from outside
  2. 2. noun submission

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

屈服 [qūfú]
  1. 1. 对外来的压力妥协让步,放弃抗争
    决不向敌人屈服
    屈服于某些人的压力。
  2. 2. 不宜写作"屈伏"。

Examples

她情愿粉身碎骨,也不在敌人面前屈服
She would rather be cut to pieces than yield to the enemy.
这个部族对于比自己强大的侵略者毫不屈服,顽强战斗。
This tribe refused to yield to the powerful invaders, and fought bravely.
屈服
surrender
He kneed his adversary during their fight.
在打斗中,他向对手屈服了。
to cave in to sth/sb
屈服于某事/某人
to give in to sth
屈服于某事
to bring sb to heel
使某人屈服
to bring sb to his/her knees
迫使某人屈服

Collocations

向困难屈服
to give in to difficulties
决不屈服
to never accept defeat
屈服于强大的压力
to give in to great pressure

Word Decomposition


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