sur-,在上，向上，render,給回，返還，給予，遞交。原指放棄，交出，后引申詞義投降，屈 服等，且成為主要詞義。詞義演變比較 give up.
英文詞源
surrender
surrender: [15] To surrender is etymologically to ‘give up’. The word was borrowed from Old French surrendre ‘deliver over, give up’, a compound verb formed from the prefix sur- ‘over’ and rendre ‘give, deliver’ (source of English render). => render
surrender (v.)
mid-15c., "to give (something) up," from Old French surrendre "give up, deliver over" (13c.), from sur- "over" (see sur- (1)) + rendre "give back" (see render (v.)). Reflexive sense of "to give oneself up" (especially as a prisoner) is from 1580s. Related: Surrendered; surrendering.
surrender (n.)
early 15c., in law, "a giving up" (of an estate, land grant, interest in property, etc.), from Anglo-French surrendre, Old French surrendre noun use of infinitive, "give up, deliver over" (see surrender (v.)).
雙語例句
1. Which do they want me to do? declare war or surrender?
他們想讓我做什么，宣戰(zhàn)還是投降？
來自柯林斯例句
2. The rebels are emphatic that this is not a surrender.
叛亂者堅稱這并不是投降。
來自柯林斯例句
3. General Martin Bonnet called on the rebels to surrender.