v.投降；屈服；放棄

n.投降；屈服；放棄

It was shameful of them to surrender. 他們投降是可恥的。

We would rather die than surrender. 我們寧死而不投降。

They surrendered to the enemy. 他們向敵人投降了。

We can never surrender to him. 而我們絕對(duì)不能夠屈服。

He agreed to surrender all claims to the property. 他同意放棄對(duì)那筆財(cái)產(chǎn)的一切權(quán)利要求。

The garrison was starved into surrender. 衛(wèi)戍部隊(duì)因遭到斷糧而投降。

A white flag is used as a token of surrender. 白旗是用作投降的信號(hào)。

He was lured into surrender by the enemy. 他被敵人誘降了。

Her father's surrender was her great triumph. 她父親的屈服是她的一大勝利。

surrender的基本意思是“投降”,指因在戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)中失利而被迫向?qū)Ψ角蜃尣交蛱幱谒说慕y(tǒng)治之下,多指無(wú)條件地投降。還可指“放棄,拋棄”,即把屬于自己的東西呈送給他人。本詞既強(qiáng)調(diào)外部壓力,又強(qiáng)調(diào)抗?fàn)幹蟮那?/p>

surrender可用作及物動(dòng)詞,也可用作不及物動(dòng)詞。用作及物動(dòng)詞時(shí),后接名詞或代詞作賓語(yǔ),作“交出,放棄”解時(shí),還可接雙賓語(yǔ),其間接賓語(yǔ)可轉(zhuǎn)化為介詞to的賓語(yǔ)。

surrender還可用作不可數(shù)名詞,意為“投降,放棄”。例如:The surrender of that town took place a few days after.那座城鎮(zhèn)幾天后陷落了。