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单词 succumb
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
suc•cumb /səˈkʌm/USA pronunciation   v. [no object*  (~ + to + object) ]
  1. to give way to superior force;
    yield:He believed that she had succumbed to his charms.
  2. Medicineto be unable to resist disease, wounds, etc.:He succumbed to his wounds and died in the night.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
suc•cumb  (sə kum′),USA pronunciation v.i. 
  1. to give way to superior force;
    yield:to succumb to despair.
  2. Medicineto yield to disease, wounds, old age, etc.;
    die.
  • Latin succumbere, equivalent. to suc- suc- + -cumbere, transitive derivative of cubāre to lie, recline; compare incumbent
  • 1480–90
suc•cumb′er, n. 
    • 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged submit, accede, surrender.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
succumb /səˈkʌm/ vb (intransitive) often followed by to:
  1. to give way in face of the overwhelming force (of) or desire (for)
  2. to be fatally overwhelmed (by disease, old age, etc); die (of)
Etymology: 15th Century: from Latin succumbere to be overcome, from sub- + -cumbere from cubāre to lie down
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