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 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，capitulation投降: 强调有条件投降，也强调完全和最终


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         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.SCS想成South China Sea南海<==不能投降退让