英語高級詞匯：succumb

詞義

讀音：Succumb /s?'k?m/

詞義：屈服，抵擋不住(誘惑)，死于

詞性：動詞

級別：IELTS/TOEFL/GRE/SAT

出處：

源自拉丁語 succumbere，由 sub (在...下) + cumbere (躺下) 構成，字面意思是"躺在下面"。最初指在戰斗中倒下或向強權屈服，后引申為因疾病或誘惑而倒下。

用法

1. 屈服于強權，威脅或要求 He finally succumbed to his parents' demands and took over the family business. 他最終屈服于父母的要求，接管了家族企業。 The government refused to succumb to the terrorists' threats. 政府拒絕屈服于恐怖分子的威脅。 2. 抵擋不住誘惑，欲望或沖動 I succumbed to the temptation and ate the whole cake. 我沒能抵擋住誘惑，把整個蛋糕都吃了。 He succumbed to despair and gave up on his dreams. 他陷入了絕望，放棄了自己的夢想。 Don't succumb to the urge to check your phone during the meeting. 開會時別忍不住去看手機。 3. 死于疾病，傷勢或惡劣環境 Many climbers have succumbed to the extreme cold on the mountain. 許多登山者因山上的嚴寒而喪生。 The wounded soldier succumbed to his injuries before help could arrive. 救援到達前，受傷的士兵因傷勢過重犧牲了。

近義

Succumb 近義詞按難度級別由低到高：

中學 submit /s?b'm?t/：屈服 surrender /s?'rend?r/：投降 四六級 concede /k?n'si:d/：承認(失敗)，讓步 出國 relent /r?'lent/：妥協 acquiesce /?kw?'es/：勉強同意 budge：讓步

同源

Succumb 的詞根 cumb 與 cub 一樣，表示"躺"，常見同源詞：incubus

影視

△Midnight in Paris (《午夜巴黎》2011)

新聞

以下文字截自 Global Times 網站對張雪峰老師去世的報道。

Zhang Xuefeng, an online influencer and renowned tutor focused on college entrance exams, succumbed to sudden cardiac death in Suzhou at 3:50 pm on Tuesday, despite all-out rescue efforts, according to an obituary posted on his Sina Weibo account on Tuesday evening. According to the definition of the World Health Organization, sudden cardiac death refers to natural death caused by cardiac reasons, characterized by loss of consciousness, that occurs within one hour after the onset of acute symptoms. The last post on Zhang's WeChat Moments was made on Sunday, showing he clocked 7 kilometers of running, with a total of 72 kilometers logged for the month of March, China News Service reported on its official WeChat account. As of press time, Zhang's profile pictures on social media platforms such as Douyin, Bilibili, Xiaohongshu, and WeChat Official accounts have been switched to gray. 據周二晚間在其新浪微博賬號發布的訃告 (obituary) 稱，網絡紅人、知名高考輔導老師張雪峰于周二下午3時50分在蘇州因突發心臟驟停離世，盡管已全力搶救 (all-out rescue effort)，仍未能挽回生命。 根據世界衛生組織的定義，“突發性心臟死亡 (sudden cardiac death) ”是指由心臟原因引發的自然死亡，其特征為意識喪失，且在急性癥狀發作 (onset of acute symptoms) 后一小時內死亡。 據中國新聞社在其官方微信公眾號報道，張雪峰在微信朋友圈的最后一條動態發布于周日，顯示他當日完成了 (clocked) 7公里跑步，而整個三月累計跑量已達72公里。 截至發稿時，張雪峰在抖音、嗶哩嗶哩、小紅書及微信公眾號等社交平臺的頭像均已轉為灰色 (switched to grey)，以示哀悼。