succumb

verb

/səˈkʌm/

(formal)

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they succumb	/səˈkʌm/ /səˈkʌm/
he / she / it succumbs	/səˈkʌmz/ /səˈkʌmz/
past simple succumbed	/səˈkʌmd/ /səˈkʌmd/
past participle succumbed	/səˈkʌmd/ /səˈkʌmd/
-ing form succumbing	/səˈkʌmɪŋ/ /səˈkʌmɪŋ/

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[intransitive] to not be able to fight an attack, a temptation, etc.屈服；屈从；抵挡不住（攻击、疾病、诱惑等）
- The town succumbed after a short siege.该城被围困不久即告失守。
- They were all offered bribes and some of them succumbed.他们都被行贿，其中一些人屈服了。
- succumb to something He finally succumbed to Lucy's charms and agreed to her request.他最终为露西的魅力所倾倒，答应了她的请求。
- She succumbed to the temptation of another drink.她屈服于再喝一杯的诱惑。
- people who succumb easily to exploitation容易被利用的人
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adverb
- almost
- quickly
- rapidly
- …
verb + succumb
- be likely to
preposition
- to
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[intransitive] succumb (to something) to die from the effect of a disease or an injury屈服：死于疾病或伤害
- His career was cut short when he succumbed to cancer.他的事业随着他死于癌症而中断。
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Word Originlate 15th cent. (in the sense ‘bring low, overwhelm’): from Old French succomber or Latin succumbere, from sub- ‘under’ + a verb related to cubare ‘to lie’.