succumb
v[I, Ipr]
~ (to sth) (fml 文) stop resisting (temptation, illness, attack, etc); yield 不再抵抗(诱惑、 疾病、 攻击等); 屈从
The city succumbed after only a short siege. 该城受围困仅很短时间就不再抵抗了.
Several children have measles, and the others are bound to succumb (to it). 有几个孩子患了麻疹, 其他孩子也必然传染上.
The driver has succumbed to (ie died of) his injuries. 司机已受伤不治.
The knife is dirty, Would you bring me a clean one, please?
这刀子是脏的,请你拿个干净的给我。
Twenty or thirty pages of information handed to any of the major world powers around the year 1925 would have been sufficient to change the course of world history.