| 词汇 | capitulate |
| 释义 | capitulate verb[ I ] uk /kəˈpɪtʃ.ə.leɪt/ us /kəˈpɪtʃ.ə.leɪt/ to accept military defeat: 投降;屈服;停止抵抗 Their forces capitulated five hours after the bombardment of the city began.在该市被轰炸了5个小时之后，他们的军队投降了。 to accept something or agree to do something unwillingly: 被迫接受；被迫同意；让步 The sports minister today capitulated to calls for his resignation.体育部长今天被迫接受了要他辞职的要求。 Responding to an attack beat beat someone off beat someone/something back combat patrol counter-assault counterattack countercharge fight hold human shield parry pull pull back refight repel repulse stand strike ward someone/something off white flag You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Losing and being defeated Accepting & agreeing reluctantly Related wordcapitulation capitulate | American Dictionarycapitulate verb[ I ] us/kəˈpɪtʃ·əˌleɪt/ to accept defeat, or to give up or give in: I capitulated and let my daughter go with her friends. capitulationnoun[ C/U ]us/kəˌpɪtʃ·əˈleɪ·ʃən/ [ C ]This was not a capitulation but an agreement. Examples of capitulatecapitulate After considerable persuasion, the management capitulated magnificently and undertook to redesign the hall. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If people vote for that, they will all have capitulated. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not believe that any of our customers thought they had capitulated when they asked for an overdraft and got it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They delivered it to the planners and the planners capitulated, as they did with the trees. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They have capitulated to the moneylenders, and what have they capitulated to do? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The trouble is that they have capitulated in an evil hour. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Far from capitulating, we should strengthen our internal safeguards against bogus asylum seekers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are glad that at least he has not entirely capitulated to his back bench friends and their demands. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They take their revenge by clobbering the weak, the elderly and disabled while capitulating to the strong. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is no need to admit that he and his colleagues are capitulating to the lobby. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Instead of that, he capitulates to the rebels, on instructions probably, from those in higher circles. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 She capitulated with grace, as we would expect her to do, as a result. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Anyhow, we have not capitulated to the clamour. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is no great merit in confessing his failure to preserve his honour by saying that he only did it when he had capitulated. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Indeed, we could not compromise any more without capitulating fully. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of capitulate These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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