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单词 surrender
释义
surrender
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To surrender is to give up control of something to someone else. If you miss curfew, your parents might make you surrender the keys to the car. Okay, it's only a minivan, but it's still cooler than being on foot patrol.
If you want someone to give up, you might order them to surrender. The witch in the Wizard of Oz wrote "Surrender Dorothy!" in the sky above the Emerald City. You can use the noun surrender when you give up on a task. For example, if you are cleaning the house, but every time you finish a room, the kids mess up another, you can throw your hands up and declare, "I surrender!"
WORD FAMILY
surrender: surrendered, surrenderer, surrendering, surrenders
USAGE EXAMPLES
Two nights after yielding a season-worst 69 points in the first half to James Harden and Houston, the Knicks surrendered 67 to the Magic.
Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017)
Negotiators were able to get the man to surrender shortly after 1 a.m.
Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017)
The suspect fled the scene but later returned and surrendered.
Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017)
1v relinquish possession or control over
The squatters had to surrender the building after the police moved in
Syn|Hypo|Hyper
cede, deliver, give up
yield up
surrender, as a result of pressure or force
sell
give up for a price or reward
sign away, sign over
formally assign ownership of
gift, give, present
give as a present; make a gift of
2v give up; agree to stop fighting or resisting
The last Taleban fighters finally surrendered
Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper
give up
hold out, resist, stand firm, withstand
stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something
abnegate
surrender (power or a position)
concede
acknowledge defeat
capitulate
surrender under agreed conditions
yield
cease opposition; stop fighting
3n the act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions)
Syn|Hyper
capitulation, fall
loss
the act of losing someone or something
4n acceptance of despair
Syn|Hypo|Hyper
resignation
defeatism
acceptance of the inevitability of defeat
despair
the feeling that everything is wrong and nothing will turn out well
5n the delivery of a principal into lawful custody
Hypo|Hyper
extradition
the surrender of an accused or convicted person by one state or country to another (usually under the provisions of a statute or treaty)
delivery, legal transfer, livery
the voluntary transfer of something (title or possession) from one party to another
6n a verbal act of admitting defeat
Syn|Hyper
giving up, yielding
relinquishing, relinquishment
a verbal act of renouncing a claim or right or position etc.
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