Succumb



GRE 蓝宝 Barron TOEFL

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v.屈从; 因...死亡

Webster Collegiate

intransitive verb

• Etymology: French & Latin; French succomber, from Latin succumbere, from sub- + -cumbere to lie down; akin to Latin cubare to lie
• Date: 1604
• 1. to yield to superior strength or force or overpowering appeal or desire <succumb to temptation>
• 2. to be brought to an end (as death) by the effect of destructive or disruptive forces
• Synonyms: see yield

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