succumb

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. I was determined not to succumb to the virus.

我坚决不向病毒屈服。

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。