capitulate

英 [kəˈpɪtʃuleɪt]

美 [kəˈpɪtʃuleɪt]

v.  屈服; 屈从; 投降

过去式：capitulated　过去分词：capitulated　现在分词：capitulating　第三人称单数：capitulates　

GRETEM8法律

Collins.1 / BNC.18449 / COCA.18153

牛津词典

verb

• 屈服；屈从
  to agree to do sth that you have been refusing to do for a long time
  1. They were finally forced to capitulate to the terrorists' demands.
     他们最后被迫屈从恐怖分子的要求。
• 投降
  to stop resisting an enemy and accept that you are defeated
  1. The town capitulated after a three-week siege.
     这座城镇被围困三个星期后投降了。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 不再反抗;屈服
  If youcapitulate, you stop resisting and do what someone else wants you to do.
  1. The club eventually capitulated and now grants equal rights to women...
     那家俱乐部最终还是让了步,现在赋予女性以平等权利。
  2. In less than two hours Cohen capitulated to virtually every demand.
     还不到两个小时,科恩就屈服了,接受了几乎一切要求。

英英释义

verb

• surrender under agreed conditions

双语例句

• Economic pressures finally forced the government to capitulate to our demands.
  经济压力终于迫使政府屈从于我们的要求。
• We will not capitulate to the demands of terrorists.
  我们不会屈服于恐怖分子的要求。
• Put that aside, though, and suppose that China did capitulate and let the renminbi appreciate briskly.
  不过，暂且将这个问题放在一旁，设想中国确实做出让步，允许人民币快速升值。
• You ready to capitulate, because you are a man.
  你随时要认命，因为你是人。
• After you defeated him, how could he capitulate?
  在你击败他之后，他会服输吗？
• The cheap prices of its commodities are the heavy artillery with which it batters down all Chinese walls, with which it forces the barbarians 'intensely obstinate hatred of foreigners to capitulate.
  它的商品的低廉价格，是它用来摧毁一切万里长城、征服野蛮人最顽强的仇外心理的重炮。
• If it came to a vote, management and existing boards would likely lose the fight, so they capitulate before combat actually begins.
  只要一投票，管理层和现任董事们就可能落败，他们因此不战而降。
• In Georgia, Russia has loudly declared that it will no longer capitulate to the West.
  在格鲁吉亚，俄罗斯高声宣布，将不再屈从于西方。
• This event convinced Qi Che that the city was truly about to capitulate and he allowed his troops to relax their guard.
  这一举动让骑劫相信齐国的军队一定会投降，于是放松了防御。
• The rally is forcing some contrarian investors, who bet on a price fall due to large inventories, to capitulate, traders said.
  交易员表示，本轮反弹正迫使一些曾押注金属价格会因库存量大而下跌的逆市投资者投降。