英语单词
capitulation是什么意思
capitulation
英 [kəpɪtjʊ'leɪʃ(ə)n]
美
- n. （有条件的）投降；投降协定；（文件、声明等的）要点；条约
英文词源
- capitulation (n.)
- 1530s, "an agreement," from Middle French capitulation, noun of action from capituler "agree on specified terms," from Medieval Latin capitulare "to draw up in heads or chapters, arrange conditions," from capitulum "chapter," in classical Latin "heading," literally "a little head," diminutive of caput (genitive capitis) "head" (see capitulum). Meaning narrowed by mid-17c. to "make terms of surrender."
双语例句
- 1. He nodded with a peculiarly male satisfaction at her capitulation.
- 对她的屈服,他以一种男人特有的满足感点了点头.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 2. The invading army had massacred many of the garrison after capitulation.
- 侵略军在守军投降后仍将多人屠杀了.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 3. Lord Luce's capitulation to pressure from the Duke of Edinburgh has stored up huge problems for the future.
- 卢斯勋爵迫于爱丁堡公爵的压力作了让步，为日后埋下了巨大隐患。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. He entered Richmond the day after its surrender, and heard of Lee's capitulation.
- 他在南部邦联投降的第二天即去了里士满, 听取李的投降书.
来自英汉非文学 - 历史
- 5. But that was either a variation of Vietnamization or the equivalent of capitulation.
- 但是这样做,要么就是变相的越南化,要么就等于投降.
来自辞典例句