1. vt. & vi.投降　 give up sth to the possession or power of another; yield to
2. vt.放弃；抛弃　 yield up under pressure or from necessity; abandon possession of

　～ city　交出城市
　～ fortress　放弃要塞
　～ the key　交出钥匙
　～ liberty　献出自由
　～ life　舍弃生命
　～ money　交出钱
　～ power　交出权力
　～ ticket　交出票
　～ wealth　交出财富
　～ affectedly　假装放弃
　～ easily　轻易地放弃
　～ gradually　慢慢地放弃
　～ unconditionally　无条件地投降
　～ utterly　完全放弃
　～ voluntarily　主动投降
　～ to　向…交出…，陷入…

　We shall never surrender.　我们决不投降。
　They both refuse to surrender.　他们俩都拒绝投降。
　In the end they were forced to surrender.　最后他们被迫投降了。
　They surrendered, and accepted the situation.　他们屈服且接受了这一局面。

　They surrendered the city.　他们放弃了这座城市。
　Surrender your guns before going in.　先把枪交出来才能进去。
　Surrender your ticket before going in.　进去前交出入场券。
　We shall never surrender our liberty.　我们永不舍弃自由。
　Reluctantly he surrendered some of his privileges.　他勉强放弃了部分特权。
　The ruling class will not easily surrender wealth and power.　统治阶级是不会轻易交出财富和权力的。
　He surrendered his insurance policy.　他退出保险。
　She gradually surrendered her dream of becoming an actress.　她渐渐放弃了当演员的梦想。

　Each of them surrendered us his gun.　他们每人都向我们交了枪。
　They surrendered me their tickets.　他们把他们的票交给了我。

　They surrendered the town to the enemy.　他们拱手把这个城镇交给了敌人。
　You must surrender your guns to the police.　你必须向警方缴枪。
　The boy surrendered the catapult to the teacher.　那孩子把弹弓交给了老师。

 ♣ surrender to　(v.+prep.)
1. 向…投降，向…屈服 yield (a possession) to (sb such as an enemy)
　We shall never surrender to a conqueror.　我们决不向征服者投降。
　He voluntarily surrendered to the police.　他主动向警方自首。
　The government has surrendered to the pressure of big business and lowered interest rates.　政府已经屈从大企业的压力，降低了利率。
2. 使（自己）听任…的摆布，使（自己）陷入… yield (oneself) to (a feeling, usually unfortunate)
　It's better to surrender to your grief for a time, then you will be able to deal with your feeling.　最好的办法是暂且痛苦一阵子，过后你就会冷静下来了。
　The bandit chief surrendered himself to despair and took his own life.　匪首在绝望中自杀了。
　Don't surrender yourself to pleasure, or to a bad habit.　勿耽逸乐；勿染恶习。

 ♣ surrender, capitulate
　这组词的共同含义是“投降”。其区别在于：surrender指胜利者已控制了战局，暗示战败一方立即停止抵抗，无条件地投降；而capitulate指有条件地投降。
 ♣ surrender, submit, yield
　参见submit条。

　surrender　还可用作不可数名词，意为“投降，放弃”。例如：
　The surrender of that town took place a few days after.　那座城镇几天后陷落了。

　［词源］古法语surrendre（投降）