| 单词 | surrender |
| 释义 | surrender (sərendəʳ ) Word forms: surrenders , surrendering , surrendered 1. verb If you surrender, you stop fighting or resisting someone and agree that you have been beaten. He called on the rebels to surrender. [VERB] She surrendered to the police in London last December. [VERB + to] Surrender is also a noun. ...the government's apparent surrender to demands made by the religious militants. [+ to] 2. verb If you surrender something you would rather keep, you give it up or let someone else have it, for example after a struggle. Nadja had to fill out forms surrendering all rights to her property. [VERB noun] They had little choice but to surrender their weapons to the government's forces. [VERB noun to noun] Synonyms: give up, abandon, relinquish, resign Surrender is also a noun. ...the sixteen-day deadline for the surrender of weapons and ammunition. [+ of] 3. verb If you surrender something such as a ticket or your passport, you give it to someone in authority when they ask you to. [formal] They have been ordered to surrender their passports. [VERB noun] 4. uncountable noun [also a N, oft N to n] You use surrender to refer to someone's attitude or behaviour when they lose the will to resist their feelings or the demands of other people. [literary] Depression is a partial surrender to death. A look of disbelief came into his eyes, but was quickly replaced by one of dismal surrender. Collocations: surrender control A shakeup would likely see him surrender control of the business. Times, Sunday Times (2016) What powers can it realistically reclaim having surrendered control of the club structure in 1992? Times, Sunday Times (2010) Do be prepared to surrender control and overlook cultural differences in hygiene. Times, Sunday Times (2009) Six weeks of rolling protests demanding that he surrender power have left the country's jails bursting with opposition politicians, activists and journalists. Times, Sunday Times Last year she said he would never surrender power. Times, Sunday Times Will he gain the enhanced speed he thinks he needs against a shorter, awkward opponent by coming in 10lb lighter or will he surrender power? Times,Sunday Times But power has also been moving out of the political arena entirely, and democratic leaders have had to learn to share or even to surrender power. The Times Literary Supplement Unfortunately, those who forge dynasties often hate to surrender power. Times, Sunday Times Probably, they would have resisted the overtures for peace and stuck to the demand for unconditional surrender. Times, Sunday Times (2007) All he wants from me is unconditional surrender. Christianity Today (2000) The advantages of having proclaimed as a war aim "unconditional surrender " on the other hand were solid. The Collins History of the World in the 20th Century (1994) This was a long way from "unconditional surrender '. THE GUARDSMEN (2004) Translations: Chinese: 投降 Japanese: 降伏する |
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