capitulate
美音:
[kə´pıtʃulıt
]英音:
[kə´pıtʃulıt
]vi.有条件投降,认输,屈服,让步,停止抵抗
难易程度:
capitulate为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
动词过去式:capitulated 过去分词:capitulated 现在分词:capitulating 第三人称单数:capitulates 名词:capitulant
近义词, 同义词
capitulate
/kə'pɪtʃʊleɪt; kə`pɪtʃə,let/
v [I, Ipr] ~ (to sb) surrender (to sb), esp on agreed conditions (向某人)投降(尤指根据商定的条件).
capitulate
v [I][
Date: 1600-1700;
Language: Medieval Latin;Origin: , past participle of capitulare
'to divide up into named parts', from
Late Latin capitulum (
CHAPTER); from the making of a peace agreement with several parts]
formal to accept or agree to something that you have been opposing for a long time
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give in Helen finally capitulated and let her son have a car.formal to accept defeat by your enemies in a war
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surrender>capitulation [kə,pɪtʃʊ'leɪʃən/