submission
submission — noun
1. when you send a piece of writing, a plan, or an official form to a person or bod
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
Takeshi's submission of his research paper was two days before the deadline.
The journal received over two hundred submissions for its poetry competition.
countable: 'two hundred submissions' refers to the documents
Aisha printed all her team's submissions and brought them to the dean's office before lunch.
Élise checked her submission three times before clicking send.
Mei-Lin was nervous as she uploaded her final submission, hoping the judges would like her design.
- 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
2. when you stop resisting and accept that someone else has the right to control or
when you stop resisting and accept that someone else has the right to control or defeat you, often following a conflict or by choice
The general demanded the enemy's complete submission after the battle.
demand + [possessive] + submission — formal register
Jiwoo was taught that submission to her parents was a sign of respect.
The protest ended with the government forcing the group into submission.
After months of arguing with the landlord, the tenants finally agreed to the rent increase in submission to his demands.
The dog showed submission by lying down and avoiding its owner's eyes.
- 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
- 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.