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单词 surrender
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surrenderverb

uk/sərˈen.dər/us/səˈren.dɚ/

surrender verb (ACCEPT DEFEAT)

C2 [ I ] to stop fighting and admit defeat:

They would rather die than surrender (to the invaders).

[ I ] If you surrender to an experience or emotion, you stop trying to prevent or control it:

I finally surrendered to temptation, and ate the last piece of chocolate.

More examples

  • The rebels' ammunition is almost finished and it is only a matter of time before they surrender.
  • After their defeat in battle, the soldiers surrendered.
  • They laid down their weapons and surrendered.
  • The troops in front of us either surrendered or offered only token resistance.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Stopping fighting

  • armistice
  • beat/turn swords into ploughshares idiom
  • ceasefire
  • demilitarize
  • disengage
  • fall
  • fall back
  • lay
  • lay sth down
  • pacify
  • pullout
  • sword
  • truce

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Accepting & agreeing reluctantly

surrender verb (GIVE)

[ T ] to give something that is yours to someone else because you have been forced to do so or because it is necessary to do so:

The police demanded that the gang surrender their weapons.
Neither side is willing to surrender any territory/any of their claims.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Giving, providing and supplying

  • accommodate
  • accord
  • administer
  • administration
  • assignment
  • award
  • deliver
  • go round (somewhere)
  • hand sth around
  • hand sth back
  • hand sth in
  • hand sth out
  • invest
  • lay
  • spare
  • stake sb to sth
  • step
  • step forward
  • supplier
  • supply

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surrendernoun [ C or U ]

uk/sərˈen.dər/us/səˈren.dɚ/

the act of stopping fighting and officially admitting defeat:

The rebels are on the point of surrender.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Stopping fighting

  • armistice
  • beat/turn swords into ploughshares idiom
  • ceasefire
  • demilitarize
  • disengage
  • fall
  • fall back
  • lay
  • lay sth down
  • pacify
  • pullout
  • sword
  • truce
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