surrender

英 [sərˈen.dər]      美 [səˈren.dɚ]
  • 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
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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.

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).
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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.)).
1. Which do they want me to do? declare war or surrender?
他们想让我做什么,宣战还是投降?
2. The rebels are emphatic that this is not a surrender.
叛乱者坚称这并不是投降。
3. General Martin Bonnet called on the rebels to surrender.
马丁·邦尼特将军呼吁反叛者投降。
4. Depression is a partial surrender to death.
沮丧是对死亡的一定妥协。
5. They had no thought of surrender.
他们没有想过要投降。

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