【同义词辨析】 2017-09-27 投降surrender-capitulation

surrender: in both military and general use is likely to imply a complete yielding and a dependence on the mercy or humanity of a stronger power: called for the unconditional ~ of all enemy forces.


submission: stresses the acknowledgement of the power or authority of another and often suggests loss of independence: hung his head in a gesture of ~.


capitulation: may stress conditions elaborated between parties to a surrender but is likely to stress completeness or finality of the yielding: forced their ~ to her demands.


surrender投降: 完全屈服,依赖胜利者的仁慈人道,submission屈服: 承认权威失去独立(一般指状态而非动作),capitulation投降: 强调有条件投降,也可表示完全和最终让步


记忆方法: 1) SCS想成South China Sea南海<==不能投降退让

         2)投降的意思是放弃人身自由权力财产给他人mean the yielding up of one's person, forces, or possessions to another person or power.