- 屈伏
- くっぷく【屈服, 屈伏】submission〖U〗〖C〗《正式》〔…への〕服従, 屈服, 降服〔to〕
make one's submission to... …に屈服する
prostration〖U〗.◇ → 屈服する (屈伏する)◇ → 屈服させる (屈伏させる)* * *くっぷく【屈伏・屈服】submission; surrender; 〔材料の〕 flexure.~する submit [surrender, yield, succumb, give in, bow] 《to…》; knuckle under 《to…》; 《口》 〔反抗をやめて〕 cave in 《to…》.●人の意見に屈服する bow [yield, give in] to sb's opinion
・誘惑に屈服する yield [succumb, give in] to temptation
・権威に屈服する bow [submit, yield, give in, knuckle under, cave in] to authority
・権力に屈服する submit [yield, give in, bow, knuckle under, cave in] to the power [authority] 《of…》
・屈服させる subdue; force sb to submit [surrender, yield]; reduce sb to submission; bring sb to his knees; bring sb to heel
・彼は人から批判されて屈服するような男ではない. He is not a man to yield [give in, bow, succumb] to criticism.
Japanese-English dictionary. 2013.