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[동사] succumb(써 컴)
등급 : SAT
단어 : succumb / 발음 : 써 컴

뜻 : 죽다, 쓰러지다; 굴복하다, 지다, 무릎을 꿇다 (~ to sth)

뜻(영어) : If you succumb to temptation or pressure, you do something that you want to do, or that other people want you to do, although you feel it might be wrong.

예문 : 그의 경력은 그가 암에 굴복하면서 갑자기 끝나 버렸다.
뜻 : His career was cut short when he succumbed to cancer.

예문 : 요즘 애플 사의 임원들은 현기증으로 쓰러질 지경입니다.
뜻 : Apple executives may well be succumbing to vertigo.