succumb

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To yield to an overpowering force or overwhelming desire. intransitive
    — succumb to temptation
  2. To give up, or give in. intransitive
  3. To die. euphemistic,intransitive
    — succumb to pneumonia
  4. To overwhelm or bring down. transitive
    — He has not allowed the burn and his subsequent injury to succumb him, but to make him forever different but also, I think, forever better.

词形变化

succumbs present,singular,third-person succumbing participle,present succumbed participle,past succumbed past succame participle,past succame past

词汇关系

衍生词
succumber unsuccumbing

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *upó
Proto-Italic *supo
Latin sub
Latin sub-
Proto-Indo-European *ḱewb-
Proto-Italic *kumbō
Latin *cumbō
Latin succumbere
Old French succomberbor.
English succumb
From Old French succomber, from Latin succumbō.
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