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succumb to sth
后接名词或名词短语，表示屈服于某事物或死于某疾病。
He succumbed to the pressure and resigned.
他屈服于压力，辞职了。
屈服；屈从；让步
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屈服；屈从；让步
to yield to an overpowering force, pressure, or desire; to give in
He succumbed to the pressure and resigned.
他屈服于压力，辞职了。
屈服于无法抗拒的力量或极度的欲望。
To yield to an overpowering force or overwhelming desire.
放弃；屈服。
To give up, or give in.
压倒；使屈服。
To overwhelm or bring down.
succumb
Base
原形
succumbs
3rd person
第三人称单数
succumbing
-ing
现在分词
succumbed
Past
过去式
succumbed
Past participle
过去分词
He often succumbs to temptation.
他经常屈服于诱惑。
She succumbed to her injuries last night.
她昨晚因伤势过重去世了。
They have succumbed to the pressure.
他们已经屈服于压力。
通常与to连用
Despite the rain, she refused to succumb to fatigue during the long hike.
尽管下雨，她在长途徒步中仍拒绝屈服于疲劳。
After weeks of temptation, he finally succumbed to the delicious smell of fresh bread.
经过数周的诱惑，他终于抵挡不住新鲜面包的香味。
Many old trees succumbed to the strong wind and fell across the road.
许多老树被大风刮倒，横在路中间。
后接名词或名词短语，表示屈服于某事物或死于某疾病。
He succumbed to the pressure and resigned.
他屈服于压力，辞职了。
单独使用，常表示死亡或最终屈服。
The patient finally succumbed after a long illness.
病人久病之后终于去世了。
Not this
He succumbed the pressure.
Use this
He succumbed to the pressure.
succumb 是不及物动词，不能直接接宾语，必须加介词 to。
Not this
They succumbed of their injuries.
Use this
They succumbed to their injuries.
表示“死于”时，应用 succumb to，而不是 succumb of。
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屈服于；死于
He finally succumbed to the pressure and resigned.
他最终屈服于压力，辞职了。
屈服于诱惑
She struggled but did not succumb to temptation.
她挣扎着，但没有屈服于诱惑。
因伤势过重而死亡
The accident victim succumbed to his injuries days later.
事故受害者几天后因伤势过重而死亡。
死于疾病
Many people succumb to heart disease each year.
每年有许多人死于心脏病。
因压力而垮掉
Without proper rest, you may succumb to stress.
没有适当休息，你可能会因压力而垮掉。
向不可避免的事情低头
Eventually, he succumbed to the inevitable and retired.
最终，他向不可避免的事情低头，退休了。
屈服于诱惑
He finally succumbed to temptation and had another slice of cake.
他最终屈服于诱惑，又吃了一块蛋糕。
屈服于压力
The government succumbed to pressure from the public and reversed the decision.
政府屈服于公众压力，撤销了决定。
因伤死亡
The accident victim succumbed to his injuries two days later.
事故受害者两天后因伤势过重死亡。
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联想‘suck them’，被他们打败，只能屈服或死亡。
语域：formal 常见场景：formal writing、medical or death contexts、historical accounts、legal documents succumb 常用于正式或文学语境，表示“屈服”或“死亡”。在医疗或死亡相关场合比较常见，例如“ succumb to injuries”。日常口语中使用较少。
常与介词to连用，表示屈服于或死于某种因素。
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