succumbed是什么意思？

succumbed

• v. 不再抵抗（诱惑、疾病、攻击等）( succumb的过去式和过去分词 )，屈从，被压垮，死；

例句

• The island’s inhabitants had no immunity to the diseases carried by the explorers and quickly succumbed. 岛上居民对探险者携带的病毒没有免疫力，很快就死去了。
• She succumbed to weariness and went to bed. 她疲惫不堪，上床睡觉了。
• Many women had succumbed to his charms. 许多女人屈从于他的魅力。
• He succumbed to the temptations of the big city. 他受不住大城市的诱惑。
• The town succumbed after a short siege. 该城被围困不久即告失守。
• A few years later, Katya succumbed to cancer in London. 几年后，卡佳因患癌症在伦敦病逝。
• After an artillery bombardment lasting several days the town finally succumbed. 在持续炮轰数日后,该城终于屈服了.
• A few years later, Katya succumbed to cancer in London... 几年后，卡佳因患癌症在伦敦病逝。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• VERB
  屈从于，屈服于，抵挡不住(诱惑或压力)
  If you succumb to temptation or pressure, you do something that you want to do, or that other people want you to do, although you feel it might be wrong.
  例句
  Don't succumb to the temptation to have just one cigarette... 不要经不住诱惑，只抽一支烟也不行。 The Minister said his country would never succumb to pressure. 首相说他的国家永远都不会屈服于压迫。
• VERB
  感染，死于(疾病)
  If you succumb to an illness, you become affected by it or die from it.
  例句
  A few years later, Katya succumbed to cancer in London... 几年后，卡佳因患癌症在伦敦病逝。 I was determined not to succumb to the virus. 我坚决不向病毒屈服。