succumb

• vi. 屈服；死；被壓垮

suc-,在下，-cumb,躺，詞源同 succubus,recumbent.即躺在下麵，引申比喻義屈服，屈從。

succumb

succumb: [15] Someone who succumbs to something is etymologically ‘lying down under’ it. The word comes via Old French succomber from Latin succumbere, a compound verb formed from the prefix sub- ‘under’ and -cumbere ‘lie’. This verbal element also produced English incumbent and recumbent, and the non-nasalized version of its stem lies behind covey, incubate, incubus, and succubus.
=> covey, incubate, incumbent, recumbent

succumb (v.)

late 15c., from Old French succomber "succumb, die, lose one's (legal) case," and directly from Latin succumbere "submit, surrender, yield, be overcome; sink down; lie under; cohabit with," from sub "down" (see sub-) + -cumbere "take a reclining position," related to cubare "lie down" (see cubicle). Originally transitive; sense of "sink under pressure" is first recorded c. 1600. As a euphemism for "to die," from 1849. Related: Succumbed; succumbing.

1. I was determined not to succumb to the virus.

我堅決不向病毒屈服。

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2. The Minister said his country would never succumb to pressure.

首相說他的國家永遠都不會屈服於壓迫。

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3. Don't succumb to the temptation to have just one cigarette.

不要經不住誘惑，隻抽一支煙也不行。

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4. Malnourished children are more likely to succumb to infections.

營養不良的兒童更有可能死於感染.

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5. He said the United States was not willing to engage in a search for partial solutions — to succumb, as he put it, to a siren song.

他說美國不願意參與僅僅解決部分問題的方案的探索——按照他的說法，這種做法就是向誘惑低頭。

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