submit

Definitions

sub- (under) + mit (send) = "to send under." Two everyday senses grow from one image. Send yourself under another's power → yield (submit to the rules). Send your work up under someone's review → hand in (submit a report). Same root act of placing-under, pointing either at yourself or at your paperwork.

Common Collocations

• 1.submit a report提交报告
• 2.submit an application递交申请
• 3.submit to authority服从权威
• 4.submit a proposal提交提案

Example Sentences

• 1.

  Please submit your application before the deadline.

• 2.

  The rebels finally submitted to the government's terms.

• 3.

  All papers must be submitted online this year.