succumb
基本释义
[verb] fail to resist pressure, temptation, or some other negative force
[动词] 无法抵抗压力、诱惑或其他负面力量
深入解读
Succumb 一词于15世纪末经古法语 succomber （屈服、死亡、败诉）或直接由拉丁语 succumbere （顺从、投降、屈服）进入英语，由前缀 suc- （下）+ 词根 cumb （躺）构成，原作及物动词，不过现在主要作不及物动词，常用搭配 succumb to sth 表示“屈服于、屈从于、抵挡不住、听任于”，侧重强调屈服者软弱无助，无法抵抗压力、诱惑或其他负面且强大的力量，比如：
- 他最终为她的魅力所倾倒，透漏了他们的“独门秘笈”。
He finally succumbed to her charms and divulged their special sauce.
等到了1849年后， succumb 开始用来委婉指“死”，即抵挡不住疾病或者说被疾病压垮而亡，比如：
- 几年后，这个臭名昭著的罪犯因患癌症在伦敦病逝。
A few years later, the notorious criminal succumbed to cancer in London.
好书例句
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。
出自美国作家玛格丽特·米切尔（Margaret Mitchell）创作的长篇小说《飘》（Gone with the Wind）。
外刊例句
- Spinning was one of the first processes to succumb to industrialisation. Weaving followed shortly afterwards.
纺纱是最早屈服于工业化的工艺流程之一，织布紧随其后。
——《经济学人》 - As I said at the beginning, at this point the Western world has seemingly succumbed to a severe case of economic defeatism; we’re not even trying to solve our problems.
正如我在一开始所说的，在这一点上，西方世界似乎已屈服于一种严重的经济失败主义；我们甚至都没有试图去解决自己的问题。
——《纽约时报》
常见短语
succumb 是一个动词，意为屈服、投降或不再抵抗。它常用于描述人在面对压力、诱惑或困难时放弃抵抗或失败。以下是关于 “succumb” 的详细用法和一些短语：
用法示例：
- Despite his best efforts, he succumbed to temptation and ate the whole cake. (尽管他尽力抵抗，但他还是屈服于诱惑，吃掉了整个蛋糕。)
- The team succumbed to pressure in the final minutes of the game and lost the match. (在比赛的最后几分钟，球队屈服于压力，输掉了比赛。)
- She succumbed to illness and had to take a leave of absence from work. (她因病而屈服，不得不请假休息。)
- The company succumbed to financial difficulties and filed for bankruptcy. (公司因财务困难而屈服，申请破产。)
- Many people succumb to peer pressure and engage in risky behaviors. (很多人在同伴的压力下屈服，从而参与冒险行为。)
- The dictator refused to succumb to international pressure and continued his oppressive rule. (独裁者拒绝屈服于国际压力，继续进行压迫统治。)
- The athlete succumbed to exhaustion and collapsed during the marathon. (这位运动员因疲劳过度而倒在了马拉松比赛中。)
- The negotiations between the two countries eventually succumbed to deadlock. (两国之间的谈判最终陷入了僵局。)
- He struggled for a long time, but in the end, he succumbed to his injuries. (他奋斗了很长时间，但最终还是因伤势不支而倒下了。)
- The company’s stock price succumbed to market volatility and experienced a sharp decline. (公司股价在市场的波动下屈服，出现了大幅下跌。)
其他短语：
- Succumb to pressure: 屈服于压力
- Succumb to temptation: 屈服于诱惑
- Succumb to illness: 屈服于疾病
- Succumb to defeat: 屈服于失败
- Succumb to fatigue: 屈服于疲劳
- Succumb to temptation: 屈服于诱惑
- Succumb to despair: 屈服于绝望
- Succumb to temptation: 屈服于诱惑
- Succumb to weakness: 屈服于弱点
- Succumb to peer pressure: 屈服于同辈压力
- Succumb to authority: 屈服于权威
- Succumb to seduction: 屈服于诱惑
- Succumb to addiction: 屈服于瘾症
- Succumb to fear: 屈服于恐惧
- Succumb to circumstances: 屈服于环境
同近义词
yield: give way to arguments, demands, or pressure
capitulate: cease to resist an opponent or an unwelcome demand; surrender
submit: accept or yield to a superior force or to the authority or will of another person
