succumb[sə'kʌm]

• vi.
  • 屈服，屈从；听任；弃置(常与to连用)：

    Most of us are known to succumb to persuasion through the media.

    我们之中的大多数人都抵挡不住传播媒介的宣传。

  • 被压垮，死于过度劳累(常与to连用)：

    Many of them succumbed to their injuries.

    他们之中的许多人受伤不治而死。

    to succumb to a disease

    因患病而死