capitulate

英 [kə'pɪtʃuleɪt] 美 [kə'pɪtʃuleɪt]

• v. 屈从，停止反抗；有条件投降

英英释义

Verb:

1. surrender under agreed conditions

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. The planters’ ladies were the last to capitulate.
   庄园主的夫人们是最后被征服的。
2. We will never capitulate to pressure from outside.
   我们永远不会屈服于外界的压力。
3. The ememy was warned to capitulate or face annihilation.
   敌人受到警告，要么投降，要么全部被歼灭。
4. The whole course of my life proves that I never capitulate.
   我的全部生活历程证明我是从来不曾投降过。

经典引文

• Want of provisions quickly obliged Trevulci to capitulate.

  出自： W. Robertson

• I knew that I was on the verge of capitulating to him, backing down.

  出自： W. Styron

近反义词

【近义词】

• surrender 投降
• submit 使服从
• yield 生产
• succumb 屈从
• give way 撤退
• give in 屈服
• give up 放弃