v.投降；屈服；放弃
n.投降；屈服；放弃
It was shameful of them to surrender. 他们投降是可耻的。
We would rather die than surrender. 我们宁死而不投降。
They surrendered to the enemy. 他们向敌人投降了。
We can never surrender to him. 而我们绝对不能够屈服。
He agreed to surrender all claims to the property. 他同意放弃对那笔财产的一切权利要求。
用作名词 (n.)A white flag is used as a token of surrender. 白旗是用作投降的信号。
He was lured into surrender by the enemy. 他被敌人诱降了。
Her father's surrender was her great triumph. 她父亲的屈服是她的一大胜利。
surrender的基本意思是“投降”,指因在战争中失利而被迫向对方屈服或让步或处于他人的统治之下,多指无条件地投降。还可指“放弃,抛弃”,即把属于自己的东西呈送给他人。本词既强调外部压力,又强调抗争之后的屈服。
surrender可用作及物动词,也可用作不及物动词。用作及物动词时,后接名词或代词作宾语,作“交出,放弃”解时,还可接双宾语,其间接宾语可转化为介词to的宾语。
surrender还可用作不可数名词,意为“投降,放弃”。例如:The surrender of that town took place a few days after.那座城镇几天后陷落了。
