Word · Frequency #5031
surrender
投降；屈服；放弃
The act of giving up or submitting to someone else's control; the feeling of accepting something without resistance.
- 1.
An act of surrendering, submission into the possession of another; a feeling of abandonment and resignation; the deliberate cessation of struggle over outcomes.
投降行为,交出所有权；放弃和辞职的感觉；故意停止对结果的争斗
- 2.
The yielding or delivery of a possession in response to a demand.
响应要求交出财产
- 3.
The yielding of the leasehold estate by the lessee to the landlord, so that the tenancy for years merges in the reversion and no longer exists.
承租人将租赁财产交还给房东,使租赁期与回归合并而不再存在
交出；让与；（租约的）交还；放弃；投降行为,交出所有权；放弃和辞职的感觉；故意停止对结果的争斗；响应要求交出财产；承租人将租赁财产交还给房东,使租赁期与回归合并而不再存在
In use
After a long battle, the enemy's surrender surprised everyone.
The bank demanded the surrender of all documents before releasing the loan.
His surrender to the temptation was hard to watch.
Connections
Collocations
- unconditional surrender
- 无条件投降
- The army demanded the enemy's unconditional surrender.军队要求敌人无条件投降。
- voluntary surrender
- 主动自首
- His voluntary surrender surprised the detectives.他主动自首让侦探们感到惊讶。
- surrender value
- 退保金额
- Check the surrender value before you cancel the policy.取消保单前，先查看退保金额。
- surrender to temptation
- 向诱惑屈服
- His surrender to temptation ruined his diet.他向诱惑屈服，毁了他的节食计划。
- surrender of arms
- 交出武器
- The peace treaty required the surrender of arms.和平条约要求交出武器。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想 sur（上）+ render（交出）→ 把一切‘上交’：投降、放弃、交出所有权。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：军事报道、法律文书、文学作品 名词 surrender 的语体随用法变化：在军事或一般叙述中通常为中性；在法律（如交还租约）和抽象情感语境中多偏正式。日常口语中较少作名词使用，动词更常见。
Grammar Note
作名词时通常不可数，表示投降或放弃的行为。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词都以 /-endə/ 结尾，与 surrender 的重读音节 /ren/ 押韵。注意：不要看到 sur- 就联想到 surround /səˈraʊnd/，它的发音完全不同。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 3，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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