succumbing

英 [səˈkʌmɪŋ]

美 [səˈkʌmɪŋ]

v.  屈服; 屈从; 抵挡不住(攻击、疾病、诱惑等)
succumb的现在分词

柯林斯词典

• VERB 屈从于，屈服于，抵挡不住(诱惑或压力)
  If yousuccumb totemptation or pressure, you do something that you want to do, or that other people want you to do, although you feel it might be wrong.
  1. Don't succumb to the temptation to have just one cigarette...
     不要经不住诱惑，只抽一支烟也不行。
  2. The Minister said his country would never succumb to pressure.
     首相说他的国家永远都不会屈服于压迫。
• VERB 感染，死于(疾病)
  If yousuccumb toan illness, you become affected by it or die from it.
  1. A few years later, Katya succumbed to cancer in London...
     几年后，卡佳因患癌症在伦敦病逝。
  2. I was determined not to succumb to the virus.
     我坚决不向病毒屈服。

双语例句

• Business leaders always run the risk of gbecoming isolated and succumbing to flattery.
  商业领袖往往有遭到孤立和屈服于谄媚的风险。
• The truth is they could just as easily protest against themselves for blindly succumbing to this leveraged society.
  事实上，他们也大可抗议自己盲目屈服于这个杠杆化的社会。
• More worrying for investors, however, is the question of whether PetroChina is succumbing to the industry disease of rising costs and capital expenditure.
  但更令投资者担心的是，他们怀疑中石油是否感染了整个行业的弊病：成本和资本支出不断上升。
• But in times of stress, a person is prone to succumbing to the suppressed trait that led to his career choice, whether breaking the law or binge eating.
  但一旦面临压力，一个人会倾向屈从于诱使自己做出职业选择的某种被压抑的品质，比如违法或暴饮暴食。
• If so, calm down, you could be on the point of succumbing to a bout of web rage!
  如果是这样的话，请你冷静，你可能正处于网怒情绪爆发的边缘！
• Even the mighty China was succumbing to western hegemony in the opium wars.
  鸦片战争中，连强大的中国都屈服于西方强权。
• Mr Mandelson is accused by Whirlpool, the US home appliance maker with operations in Europe, of succumbing to devious lobbying activity and of a serious breach in procedures.
  旗下拥有欧洲业务的美国家电制造商惠而浦（Whirlpool）指责曼德尔森屈从不正当的游说行为，而且严重违反程序。
• They would not in the end abandon their vital interests by succumbing to Soviet blandishment.
  他们最终决不会受苏联人的甜言蜜语的诱惑，从而抛弃自己的切身利益。
• As the country gets richer, the population is succumbing in ever larger numbers to diseases associated with affluence, such as obesity, hypertension, diabetes and cancer all of which present big opportunities for pharmaceutical companies.
  随着中国越来越富有，越来越多的中国人患上了与富裕相关的疾病，比如肥胖、高血压、糖尿病和癌症这些都给制药公司带来了巨大机遇。
• But these arguments are now succumbing to sheer weight of evidence.
  但是这些说法在强有力的证据面前正败下阵来。