succumb

vi. 屈服；死；被压垮

中文词源

succumb 屈服，屈从

suc-,在下，-cumb,躺，词源同 succubus,recumbent.即躺在下面，引申比喻义屈服，屈从。

succumb: succumb: [15] Someone who succumbs to something is etymologically ‘lying down under’ it. The word comes via Old French succomber from Latin succumbere, a compound verb formed from the prefix sub- ‘under’ and -cumbere ‘lie’. This verbal element also produced English incumbent and recumbent, and the non-nasalized version of its stem lies behind covey, incubate, incubus, and succubus.
=> covey, incubate, incumbent, recumbent
succumb (v.): late 15c., from Old French succomber "succumb, die, lose one's (legal) case," and directly from Latin succumbere "submit, surrender, yield, be overcome; sink down; lie under; cohabit with," from sub "down" (see sub-) + -cumbere "take a reclining position," related to cubare "lie down" (see cubicle). Originally transitive; sense of "sink under pressure" is first recorded c. 1600. As a euphemism for "to die," from 1849. Related: Succumbed; succumbing.

1. sub- => suc- "down" + cumb-.2. => submit, sink down, lie under.

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。

3. 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。

4. Malnourished children are more likely to succumb to infections.: 营养不良的儿童更有可能死于感染.

5. He said the United States was not willing to engage in a search for partial solutions — to succumb, as he put it, to a siren song.: 他说美国不愿意参与仅仅解决部分问题的方案的探索——按照他的说法，这种做法就是向诱惑低头。