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to not be able to fight an attack, a temptation, etc. 屈服；屈从；抵挡不住（攻击、疾病、诱惑等） The town succumbed after a short siege. 该城被围困不久即告失守。 🔊🔊 They were all offered bribes and some of them succumbed. 他们都受到贿赂，其中一些人屈服了。 - succumb to something
He finally succumbed to Lucy's charms and agreed to her request. 他最终为露西的魅力所倾倒，答应了她的请求。 🔊🔊 She succumbed to the temptation of another drink. 她屈服于另一种饮料的诱惑。 people who succumb easily to exploitation 容易被利用的人
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- almost
- quickly
- rapidly
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- be likely to
- to
- [intransitive] succumb (to something)
to die from the effect of a disease or an injuryTopics Illnessc2
Word Originlate 15th cent. (in the sense ‘bring low, overwhelm’): from Old French succomber or Latin succumbere, from sub- ‘under’ + a verb related to cubare ‘to lie’.