succumb
succumb
verb
verb
- [no obj.]fail to resist (pressure, temptation, or some other negative force)
屈服于（压力，诱惑或其他消极力量）
he has become the latest to succumb to the strain of football management.
他是最近一个被足球管理的重负压垮的人。
■die from the effect of a disease or injury
因病（或伤）而死亡
- late 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'
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