surrender
give in
submit
yield【导航词义:投降】
surrender v. 投降,屈服
〔辨析〕普通用词,指因战败而投降,或指在压力下屈服让步,常后接介词 to。
〔例证〕
The soldiers vowed that they would rather die than surrender.
士兵们发誓宁死不降。
We will never surrender to evil.
我们决不会向邪恶势力低头。
Couldn't you surrender under such pressure?
在这种压力下,你能不屈服吗?
give in phr. v. 投降,屈服;让步
〔辨析〕用法不如 surrender 正式,可后接介词 to。
〔例证〕
The rebels were forced to give in.
叛乱者被迫投降。
Finally, he gave in to his wife.
他最后向妻子作出了让步。
Only a coward gives in to his fate.
只有懦夫才向命运屈服。
submit v. 〈正式〉使屈服,屈从
〔辨析〕通常指放弃抵抗,屈服于某一势力、权力、意志等。
〔例证〕
They did not submit to the enemy.
他们没有向敌人屈服。
The miners refused to submit to threats.
矿工们面对威胁,拒不低头。
How could you submit to such ill treatment?
你怎么能甘受这种虐待呢?
yield v. 投降,屈服;让步
〔辨析〕通常指放弃抵抗而投降,也可指因缺乏坚强的意志、忍耐力等而屈从于某种权势或压力,常后接介词 to。
〔例证〕
We will never yield to invaders.
我们决不会向侵略者屈服。
He didn't yield himself to his rival.
他没有向对手屈服。
I won't yield to any pressure in my respect for the law.
我尊重法律,不会屈服于任何压力。