submission

/səbˈmɪʃn/ (bre, ipa) · /səbˈmɪʃn/ (ame, ipa) · /səb-ˈmi-shən/ (ame, mw)

submission — 名詞

  • submissionsingular
  • submissionsplural

1. when you send a piece of writing, a plan, or an official form to a person or bod

1.名詞B2
釋義

提交；投稿

送交審查的行為或所送交的文件

when you send a piece of writing, a plan, or an official form to a person or body with the power to examine it and reach a decision; also the item that you send

例句

Takeshi's submission of his research paper was two days before the deadline.

Takeshi 的研究論文提交時間比截止日期早了兩天。

The journal received over two hundred submissions for its poetry competition.

該期刊收到了兩百多篇投稿參加其詩歌比賽。

countable: 'two hundred submissions' refers to the documents

同義詞
  • proposal

    more specific to planned actions or business deals; a submission can be any type of document

  • application

    limited to requests for jobs, permits, or admission; narrower scope than submission

  • entry

    used for competitions; implies the document is one among many

文法句型

submission + of + something

submission + to + somebody/something

用法筆記

Frequently paired with 'of' to name the thing being sent (submission of a report) and 'to' to name the recipient (submission to the committee). When used as a countable noun (five submissions), it refers to the documents themselves rather than the act.

常見錯誤

❌I made a submission to the contest' (when describing your own action in casual speech).
✅I submitted an entry to the contest.
💡The verb 'submit' is more natural than the noun when you are the person sending something.

2. when you stop resisting and accept that someone else has the right to control or

2.名詞B2
釋義

順從；投降

接受他人權威或控制的行為

when you stop resisting and accept that someone else has the right to control or defeat you, often following a conflict or by choice

例句

The general demanded the enemy's complete submission after the battle.

將軍在戰役後要求敵方完全投降。

demand + [possessive] + submission — formal register

Jiwoo was taught that submission to her parents was a sign of respect.

Jiwoo 從小被教導，順從父母是一種尊重的表現。

同義詞
  • surrender

    more dramatic, often implies giving up after a fight or conflict

  • compliance

    more neutral, focuses on following rules rather than yielding power

  • obedience

    more personal and hierarchical, suggesting a relationship of authority

  • yielding

    more formal or literary; less common in everyday speech

反義詞
  • resistance

    the act of opposing or fighting against authority

  • rebellion

    more active and organized opposition

文法句型

submission + to + somebody/something

force/demand/beat + into + submission

用法筆記

Often occurs in verb + into + submission constructions (force/beat/bring someone into submission), which express the idea of compelling someone to yield. Distinguish from sense 1 (SUBMITTING WORK): in this sense, submission is always uncountable and describes a power relationship.

常見錯誤

❌I made a submission to my boss' (ambiguous — could mean a document).
✅I submitted to my boss's decision.
💡Use the phrasal verb 'submit to' when describing yielding to authority; the noun 'submission' for surrender is less common in everyday workplace speech.