cede the field

动词 v.

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To withdraw from a military confrontation; to yield control of a battlefield to one's opponent.
  2. To withdraw from any confrontational or potentially confrontational situation; to avoid participating in a competition or contest. broadly,idiomatic
    — In some smokestack industries—steel, machine tools and especially cars—the choice was to raise productivity and quality a lot or cede the field to the competition, as American companies did in consumer electronics.

词形变化

cedes the field present,singular,third-person ceding the field participle,present ceded the field participle,past ceded the field past yield the field alternative
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