surrender

降伏する

戦いをやめ、敵の勝利を認める。

やさしい英語で： To stop fighting and accept that the enemy has won.

• The soldiers surrendered.
• The army refused to surrender to the enemy.
• Will the troops surrender before dawn?

使い方： surrender to someone (The remaining troops surrendered to the opposing army.)

類義語： give up, capitulate

反対語： resist

よく使う表現： surrender to someone, refuse to surrender

出頭する、屈服する

より強い相手に自分の身を委ね、捕虜などになることを受け入れる。

やさしい英語で： To let a more powerful person take control of you, especially by becoming their prisoner.

• The thief surrendered.
• She surrendered to the police outside her house.
• The escaped prisoner finally surrendered himself.

使い方： surrender to someone (The suspect surrendered to the officers.); surrender yourself to someone (He surrendered himself to the police.)

類義語： give yourself up, give in

反対語： resist

よく使う表現： surrender to someone, surrender yourself

引き渡す、放棄する

持っている物を人に渡す、または権利や優位な立場を手放す。

やさしい英語で： To give someone something you have, or stop keeping a right or advantage.

• Please surrender your weapons.
• She surrendered her passport to the court.
• They will never surrender their right to vote.

使い方： surrender something to someone (All visitors must surrender their phones to the guard.)

類義語： give up, hand over, relinquish

反対語： retain

よく使う表現： surrender something, surrender your passport, surrender control

身を委ねる、屈する

感情や欲望に抵抗するのをやめ、それに身を任せる。

やさしい英語で： To stop fighting against a feeling or desire and let it control you.

• He surrendered to sleep.
• She would not surrender to despair.
• For a moment, I surrendered myself to the music.

使い方： surrender to something (He finally surrendered to exhaustion.); surrender yourself to something (She surrendered herself to the joy of the moment.)

類義語： give in, yield

反対語： resist

よく使う表現： surrender to sleep, surrender to something, surrender yourself

降伏、屈服

戦いや抵抗をやめ、相手の支配を受け入れること。

やさしい英語で： The act of stopping a fight or struggle and accepting another person’s control.

• The army announced its surrender.
• The enemy demanded unconditional surrender.
• Her quiet surrender to grief worried her friends.

使い方： surrender to someone/something (Their surrender to the enemy ended the battle.)

類義語： capitulation, submission

反対語： resistance

よく使う表現： unconditional surrender, accept surrender, surrender to someone