v.不再抵抗(诱惑、疾病、攻击等)( succumb的现在分词 );屈从;被压垮;死;
例句:
Coastal towns were succumbing to the fat profits of the tourist trade.
沿海城镇都屈从于旅游业所带来的丰厚利润.
How to avoid nuclear war without succumbing nuclear blackmail is the overwhelming problem of our age.
如何避免核战争而又不屈服于核讹诈是我们时代的当务之急.
But these arguments are now succumbing to sheer weight of evidence.
但是这些说法在强有力的证据面前正败下阵来.