succumb
屈服；抵擋不住·因病或傷勢死亡
分辨屈服與因病傷死亡
Do not succumb to pressure to buy something you cannot afford.
不要因壓力而買下負擔不起的東西。
義項
屈服C1verb屈服；抵擋不住
Do not succumb to pressure to buy something you cannot afford.
不要因壓力而買下負擔不起的東西。
succumb to pressure
因病或傷勢死亡C1verb因病或傷勢死亡
He succumbed to his injuries a week after the accident.
他在事故一週後因傷勢死亡。
succumb to injuriessuccumb to illness
片語
succumb to temptation抵不住誘惑 →抵不住誘惑
succumb to disease因病死亡 →因病死亡
你會不會這樣說？
新聞寫道：「The old man succumbed to a bad illness last week.」這句是說他現在還活著嗎？
看答案
不是
succumb 此處指因病死亡，所以人已不在。