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单词 surrendering
释义

surrender

1 of 2

verb

sur·​ren·​der sə-ˈren-dər How to pronounce surrender (audio)
surrendered; surrendering sə-ˈren-d(ə-)riŋ How to pronounce surrender (audio)

transitive verb

1
a
: to yield to the power, control, or possession of another upon compulsion or demand
surrendered the fort
b
: to give up completely or agree to forgo especially in favor of another
2
a
: to give (oneself) up into the power of another especially as a prisoner
b
: to give (oneself) over to something (such as an influence)

intransitive verb

: to give oneself up into the power of another : yield

surrender

2 of 2

noun

1
a
: the action of yielding one's person or giving up the possession of something especially into the power of another
b
: the relinquishment by a patentee of rights or claims under a patent
c
: the delivery of a principal into lawful custody by bail

called also surrender by bail

d
: the voluntary cancellation of the legal liability of an insurance company by the insured and beneficiary for a consideration
e
: the delivery of a fugitive from justice by one government to another
2
: an instance of surrendering

Synonyms

Verb

  • cede
  • cough up
  • deliver
  • give up
  • hand over
  • lay down
  • relinquish
  • render
  • turn in
  • turn over
  • yield

Noun

  • capitulating
  • capitulation
  • cession
  • handover
  • relinquishment
  • rendition
  • submission
  • submitting
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Example Sentences

Verb The enemy finally surrendered after three days of fighting. The gunman surrendered and was taken into custody. The troops were forced to surrender the fort. They were required to surrender their passports. the surrendering of land to the government He refused to surrender to despair. He refused to surrender himself to despair. Noun Their surrender was formalized in a treaty. They demanded an unconditional surrender. See More
Recent Examples on the Web
Verb
Miami will also surrender its first-round pick in the 2023 draft along with a third-rounder in 2024. Andrew Beaton, WSJ, 2 Aug. 2022 Smith is to surrender to the Federal Bureau of Prisons in the unrelated federal case on Thursday. Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press, 29 June 2022 That capped off a dominant state tournament where Houston and Ramulu didn’t surrender more than two games in any set, despite only having a 30-minute break between the quarterfinal and semifinal match. Jacob Steinberg, Baltimore Sun, 31 May 2022 On the morning of May 25, 2018, Weinstein was ordered to surrender at the New York Police Department’s First Precinct station house, in lower Manhattan. Ken Auletta, The New Yorker, 30 May 2022 Fryer is scheduled to surrender to prison in mid-September with hope of being sent to a halfway house to serve the final six months of his sentence, Goldman said. David K. Li, NBC News, 12 May 2022 Preseason games typically don’t mean a lot, but seeing the Chargers surrender two kick returns for touchdowns was not ideal. Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2022 This summer has left many Americans with only one option: surrender. Christine Chung, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2022 Therefore, many tax specialists say the U.S. should surrender rather than leave tax revenue on the table for other countries. Aharon Friedman, WSJ, 17 Aug. 2022
Noun
German star Daniel Brühl plays a German diplomat, negotiating Germany’s surrender in the war’s final days. Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Sep. 2022 The line between the fight for freedom and the surrender to hatred is absolute. Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 13 Aug. 2022 But even at just 100 beats per minute, the young revelers of Kyiv are nowhere near surrender. New York Times, 15 July 2022 Following the surrender in Mariupol, some Russian lawmakers were quick to call for the death penalty and proposed a ban on any exchange of prisoners that would allow members of the Azov regiment to go free. Michael Schwirtz, BostonGlobe.com, 29 June 2022 As recently as Thursday, Svyatoslav Palamar, deputy commander of the Azov Regiment, posted a Telegram video that declared in its caption there would be no surrender from the troops still in Mariupol. Annabelle Chapman, Washington Post, 20 May 2022 Russia’s state news agency RIA Novosti announced the city fell with the surrender of 2,439 Ukrainian fighters, a figure much larger than previously reported. Lawrence Richard, Fox News, 21 May 2022 This wasn't VE Day, a long, uncertain battle ending with the unconditional surrender of a foe. Bill Glauber, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 13 May 2021 Ar 234 was captured by the British in Norway with the surrender of Nazi Germany on May 7, 1945. David Kindy, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Dec. 2020 See More

Word History

Etymology

Verb

Middle English surrendren, from surrendre, noun

Noun

Middle English surrendre, from Anglo-French, from surrendre, susrendre to relinquish, from sur- & sus-, suz under + rendre to give back — more at render, sous-chef

First Known Use

Verb

15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a

Noun

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Kids Definition

surrender 1 of 2

verb

sur·​ren·​der sə-ˈren-dər How to pronounce surrender (audio)
surrendered; surrendering
1
: to give up after a struggle
The soldiers surrendered.
We'll never surrender the fort.
2
: to let go of : relinquish
We surrendered our place in line.

surrender

2 of 2

noun

1
: the act of giving up after a struggle
2
: the act of giving something over to the possession or control of someone else

Legal Definition

surrender 1 of 2

transitive verb

sur·​ren·​der
1
a
: to yield to the control or possession of another
surrender the leased premises
surrender collateral to a creditor
b
: to give up completely or agree to forgo
c
: to cancel (one's insurance policy) voluntarily
2
: to give over to the custody of the law
surrender a defendant

intransitive verb

: to give oneself up

surrender

2 of 2

noun

: an act or instance of surrendering
discharge an obligor by surrender of a promissory note
especially : the yielding of an estate by a tenant to the landlord so that the leasehold interest is extinguished by mutual agreement

surrendering 1 of 3

adjective

as in yielding

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance
  • yielding
  • obliging
  • subordinate
  • kowtowing
  • acquiescent
  • subservient
  • dutiful
  • obedient
  • agreeable
  • submissive
  • servile
  • fawning
  • slavish
  • amiable
  • docile
  • placable
  • obsequious
  • compliant
  • amenable
  • restrained
  • soft
  • obeisant
  • duteous
  • conformable
  • inhibited
  • disciplined
  • constrained
  • tractable
  • orderly
  • curbed
  • biddable
  • repressed
  • controllable
  • decorous
  • law-abiding
  • mannerly
  • manageable
  • tame
  • meek
  • teachable
  • governable
  • gentle
  • mild
  • disciplinable
  • trainable
  • handleable

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • wayward
  • defiant
  • contrary
  • wilful
  • rebel
  • willful
  • rebellious
  • recalcitrant
  • disobedient
  • unruly
  • refractory
  • insurgent
  • noncompliant
  • obstinate
  • stubborn
  • unamenable
  • insubordinate
  • uncontrollable
  • restive
  • ungovernable
  • mutinous
  • wild
  • unyielding
  • balky
  • defiant
  • intractable
  • resistant
  • obdurate
  • dogged
  • contumacious
  • obstreperous
  • unmanageable
  • untoward
  • bad
  • mulish
  • froward
  • incompliant
  • peevish
  • hardheaded
  • errant
  • perverse
  • headstrong
  • disorderly
  • balky
  • pigheaded
  • naughty
  • undisciplined
  • mischievous
  • self-willed
  • dissident
  • misbehaving
  • disrespectful
  • impudent
  • nonconformist
  • insolent
  • rude
  • impolite
  • ill-bred
  • ill-mannered
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surrendering

2 of 3

noun

as in relinquishment

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • relinquishment
  • transferal
  • dispossession
  • nonpossession

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • possession
  • control
  • hands
  • ownership
  • keeping
  • enjoyment
  • power
  • authority
  • command
  • proprietorship
  • dominion
  • mastery
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surrendering

3 of 3

verb

present participle of surrender
1
as in relinquishing
to give (something) over to the control or possession of another usually under duress the toddler surrendered the doll to her mother after a brief struggle the commander surrendered the garrison without having fired a single shot

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • relinquishing
  • rendering
  • delivering
  • ceding
  • yielding
  • abandoning
  • transferring
  • resigning
  • committing
  • turning in
  • entrusting
  • forfeiting
  • laying down
  • releasing
  • turning over
  • waiving
  • coughing up
  • giving up
  • renouncing
  • handing over
  • discarding
  • consigning
  • deserting
  • forsaking
  • shedding
  • abnegating
  • intrusting
  • parting (with)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • retaining
  • keeping
  • withholding
2
as in succumbing
to cease resistance (as to another's arguments, demands, or control) the father refused to surrender to his son's constant begging for a BB gun

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • succumbing
  • submitting
  • conceding
  • bowing
  • capitulating
  • yielding
  • relenting
  • acquiescing
  • budging
  • quitting
  • giving in
  • blinking
  • knuckling under
  • deferring
  • throwing in the sponge
  • saying uncle
  • throwing in the towel

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • resisting
  • fighting
  • contending
  • confronting
  • opposing
  • facing
  • objecting
  • defying
  • combating
  • countering
  • meeting
  • combatting
  • thwarting
  • repelling
  • withstanding
  • battling
  • holding off
  • breasting
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3
as in abdicating
to give up (as a position of authority) formally the aging queen refused to surrender the throne to her increasingly impatient heir

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • relinquishing
  • abdicating
  • resigning
  • renouncing
  • ceding
  • denying
  • abnegating
  • waiving
  • abandoning
  • vacating
  • abjuring
  • disavowing
  • forsaking
  • disowning
  • disclaiming
  • stepping down (from)
  • yielding
  • stepping aside (from)
  • deserting
  • demitting
  • giving up
  • handing over
  • quitting

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • claiming
  • assuming
  • appropriating
  • seizing
  • usurping
  • protecting
  • confiscating
  • defending
  • securing
  • arrogating
  • guarding
  • safeguarding
  • taking over
  • wresting
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4
as in submitting
to give up and cease resistance (as to a liking, temptation, or habit) determined to give up smoking, she so far has not surrendered to her incessant desire to have a cigarette

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • succumbing
  • submitting
  • bowing
  • yielding
  • giving in
  • indulging
  • gratifying
  • wallowing
  • caving (in)
  • catering (to)
  • knuckling under
  • conceding (to)
  • acquiescing (to)
  • buckling (under)
  • giving over (to)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • resisting
  • fighting
  • confronting
  • opposing
  • facing
  • defying
  • objecting
  • combating
  • countering
  • rejecting
  • meeting
  • thwarting
  • combatting
  • repelling
  • withstanding
  • battling
  • restraining
  • holding off
  • inhibiting
  • checking
  • constraining
  • curbing
  • stifling
  • breasting
  • bridling
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5
as in capitulating
to yield to the control or power of enemy forces General Robert E. Lee surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant on April 9, 1865, thus ending the Civil War

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • succumbing
  • capitulating
  • submitting
  • falling
  • collapsing
  • relinquishing
  • bowing
  • giving up
  • conceding
  • knuckling under
  • losing
  • buckling
  • folding
  • failing
  • giving (in)
  • handing over
  • caving (in)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • standing
  • resisting
  • fighting
  • opposing
  • enduring
  • winning
  • overcoming
  • withstanding
  • defying
  • beating
  • conquering
  • prevailing
  • repelling
  • bucking
  • triumphing
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6
as in indulging
to give (oneself) over to something especially unrestrainedly laid-off workers who surrender themselves to despair will almost certainly never regain their footing

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • indulging
  • abandoning
  • yielding
  • delivering
  • reveling
  • giving up
  • overdoing
  • overindulging
  • revelling
  • basking
  • luxuriating
  • rolling
  • wallowing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • denying
  • eschewing
  • restraining
  • forgoing
  • foregoing
  • checking
  • inhibiting
  • refraining (from)
  • abstaining (from)
  • forbearing
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