surrender
英 [sə'rendə]
美[sə'rɛndɚ]
- vt. 使投降；放弃；交出；听任
- vi. 投降；屈服；自首
- n. 投降；放弃；交出；屈服
词态变化
第三人称单数: surrenders;过去式: surrendered;过去分词: surrendered;现在分词: surrendering;
中文词源
surrender 投降，屈服，放弃，交出
sur-,在上，向上，render,给回，返还，给予，递交。原指放弃，交出，后引申词义投降，屈 服等，且成为主要词义。词义演变比较 give up.
英英释意
- 1. acceptance of despair
- 2. a verbal act of admitting defeat
- 3. the delivery of a principal into lawful custody
- 4. the act of surrendering (under agreed conditions);
- "they were protected until the capitulation of the fort"
英文词源
- surrender
- surrender: [15] To surrender is etymologically to ‘give up’. The word was borrowed from Old French surrendre ‘deliver over, give up’, a compound verb formed from the prefix sur- ‘over’ and rendre ‘give, deliver’ (source of English render).
=> render - surrender (v.)
- mid-15c., "to give (something) up," from Old French surrendre "give up, deliver over" (13c.), from sur- "over" (see sur- (1)) + rendre "give back" (see render (v.)). Reflexive sense of "to give oneself up" (especially as a prisoner) is from 1580s. Related: Surrendered; surrendering.
- surrender (n.)
- early 15c., in law, "a giving up" (of an estate, land grant, interest in property, etc.), from Anglo-French surrendre, Old French surrendre noun use of infinitive, "give up, deliver over" (see surrender (v.)).
同义词辨析
submit, yield, surrender
这些动词均含"屈服，投降"之意。
submit： 一般指放弃抵抗，愿意服从对方。
yield： 含义相近，还指由于缺乏坚强的意志、力量和忍耐心，而屈从于他人的权势或控制。
surrender： 指由于战败被迫投降或向战胜者或某种权势屈服。
考试真题
- A huge portion of our lives involves the surrender of our freedom and personal autonomy.
2019年12月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section C
词组搭配
surrender to bail
(Law)duly appear in court after release on bail
(律)保释后如期到庭受审
实用场景例句
- The rebel soldiers were forced to surrender.
- 叛军被迫投降。
牛津词典
- The hijackers eventually surrendered themselves to the police.
- 劫机者最终向警方投降。
牛津词典
- 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。
牛津词典
- They surrendered their guns to the police.
- 他们向警察交出了枪。
牛津词典
- The defendant was released to await trial but had to surrender her passport.
- 被告被释放候审，但须交出护照。
牛津词典
- He finally surrendered to his craving for drugs.
- 他最终克制不住，吸起毒来。
牛津词典
- They demanded (an) unconditional surrender .
- 他们要求无条件投降。
牛津词典
- They accused the government of a surrender to business interests.
- 他们指责政府唯工商界的利益是从。
牛津词典
- They insisted on the immediate surrender of all weapons.
- 他们坚持要求立即交出全部武器。
牛津词典
- General Martin Bonnet called on the rebels to surrender...
- 马丁·邦尼特将军呼吁反叛者投降。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- She surrendered to the police in London last December.
- 她去年 12 月在伦敦向警方自首。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Nadja had to fill out forms surrendering all rights to her property...
- 纳佳不得不填表放弃其全部财产所有权。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Gen. Morgan's troops yesterday surrendered their heavy weapons to Belgian and US troops.
- 昨天，摩根将军的部队被迫向比利时和美国军队交出了他们的重型武器。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- They have been ordered to surrender their passports.
- 他们被要求出示护照。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...the need for total personal surrender to and dependence on Jesus...
- 需要完全顺从并依靠耶稣
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Depression is a partial surrender to death...
- 沮丧是对死亡的一定妥协。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- They had no other choice but to surrender.
- 他们别无选择,只能投降.
辞典例句
- Unable to fight on or to escape, the enemy were forced to surrender.
- 打吧,打不下去,跑吧,跑不了, 敌人只好投降.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- He had to decide between surrender and starvation.
- 他不得不在投降和饿死之间做出抉择.
期刊摘选
- They were to surrender immediately or face total annihilation.
- 他们要么立刻投降,要么面临全歼的命运.
《简明英汉词典》
- Liu Hulan would rather die than surrender before the enemy.
- 刘胡兰在敌人面前宁死不屈.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- He preferred to die rather than surrender to the enemy.
- 他宁死也不愿向敌人投降.
《简明英汉词典》