give up

英[ɡɪvʌp] 美[ɡɪvʌp]
  • v. 放弃;抛弃;戒除;交出
Verb:
  1. lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime;

    "you've forfeited your right to name your successor"
    "forfeited property"

  2. give up with the intent of never claiming again;

    "Abandon your life to God"
    "She gave up her children to her ex-husband when she moved to Tahiti"
    "We gave the drowning victim up for dead"

  3. give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat;

    "In the second round, the challenger gave up"

  4. put an end to a state or an activity;

    "Quit teasing your little brother"

  5. give up what is not strictly needed;

    "he asked if they could spare one of their horses to speed his journey"

  6. part with a possession or right;

    "I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest"
    "resign a claim to the throne"

  7. leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily;

    "She vacated the position when she got pregnant"
    "The chairman resigned when he was found to have misappropriated funds"

  8. relinquish possession or control over;

    "The squatters had to surrender the building after the police moved in"

  9. give up or agree to forgo to the power or possession of another;

    "The last Taleban fighters finally surrendered"

  10. stop maintaining or insisting on; of ideas or claims;

    "He abandoned the thought of asking for her hand in marriage"
    "Both sides have to give up some claims in these negotiations"

  11. allow the other (baseball) team to score;

    "give up a run"

  12. stop consuming;

    "kick a habit"
    "give up alcohol"

1. I give up—tell me the answer.
我放弃了,把答案告诉我吧。

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2. Did he give up or keep on trying?
他是放弃了,还是在继续努力?

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3. There comes a point where you give up.
现在你该放弃了。

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4. He counselled them to give up the plan.
他建议他们放弃此项计划。

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5. She didn't give up work when she had the baby.
她生了孩子后并未放弃工作。

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6. He is obstinate and determined and will not give up.
他固执、坚决,不会放弃。

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7. She will not give up her children without a struggle.
她不会轻易放弃自己的孩子。

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8. Once they get an idea into their heads, they never give up.
他们一旦接受了某个想法,就永远不会放弃。

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9. She was not going to give up her hard-won freedom so easily.
她不会这么轻易地放弃得来不易的自由。

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10. Don't give up until you have exhausted all the possibilities.
只要还有可能就别放弃。

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11. He suffered a serious injury that obliged him to give up work.
他受伤严重,不得已只好放弃工作。

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12. Don't give up. You still have your whole life in front of you.
不要放弃,你的前面还有一辈子呢。

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13. They'll have to give up completely on certain of their studies.
他们将不得不完全放弃某些课程。

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14. She knew from past experience that Ann would not give up easily.
她凭以往的经验知道安是不会轻易放弃的。

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15. Some girls want to give up their virginity just to be rebellious.
一些女孩放弃童贞只是为了显示她们的叛逆。

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16. Glick had a bad accident two years ago and had to give up farming.
格利克两年前遭遇一次严重事故,不得不放弃务农。

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17. No one is asking you to put on a hair shirt and give up all your luxuries.
没有人要让你进行自我惩罚,非要你放弃所有的奢侈品。

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18. When things aren't going well, he encourages me, telling me not to give up.
当事情不顺利的时候,他鼓励我,告诉我不要放弃。

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19. If she had had to give up riding she might have taken up sailing competitively.
如果当时她不得不放弃马术,她可能就已经从事帆船竞赛了。

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20. The student may show signs of feeling the strain of responsibility and she may give up.
学生可能表现出责任带来的压力感的种种迹象,她也许会放弃。

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21. On the one hand they'd love to have kids, but on the other, they don't want to give up their freedom.
一方面,他们想要孩子,但另一方面,他们又不想放弃自由自在的生活。

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22. That's why most people and organizations just roll over and give up when they're challenged or attacked by the I.R.S.
那就是为什么大部分人和组织遇到国内收入署的质疑和责问时转而听命并且放弃的原因。

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23. Voluntary work was particularly important in view of the fact that women were often forced to give up paid work on marriage.
鉴于妇女一结婚就常常被迫放弃有报酬工作的事实,义务工作尤其重要。

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24. If you give up exercise, your muscles shrink and fat increases. By the same token, if you expend more energy you will lose fat.
如果你放弃锻炼,肌肉就会萎缩,脂肪会增多。同样地,如果你消耗较多的体能,你就会减掉脂肪。

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25. Everybody cannot give up.
大家都不能放弃。

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26. Winners never give up.
成功者决不放弃。

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27. I will never give up until you give up!
只要你不放弃,我绝对不会!

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28. I'll not give up.
我不会放弃的。

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29. Don't give up!
不要放弃!

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30. Don't give up!
不要放弃!

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    用作动词 (v.)
    1. She doesn't give up easily.
      她做任何事都不轻易放弃。
    2. The doctors had given her up but she made a remarkable recovery.
      医生们已放弃了治愈她的希望,而她却恢复得很好。
    3. You might as well advise me to give up my fortune as my argument.
      你劝我停止辩论,倒不如劝我抛弃一切财产。
    4. You ought to give up smoking; I gave it up last year.
      你应该戒烟,我去年就戒掉了。
    5. He had to give his passport up to the authorities.
      他得把护照交给当局。
abandon,desert,leave,give up,forsake
  • 这些动词或词组均含“抛弃、放弃”之意
  • abandon强调永远或完全放弃或抛弃人或事物等,这可能是被迫的,也可能是自愿的。
  • desert着重指违背法律责任和义务,或自己的信仰与誓言的行为,多含非难的意味。
  • leave普通用词,指舍弃某事或某一职业,或终止同一某人的关系,但不涉及动机与结果。
  • give up普通用语,侧重指没有希望或因外界压力而放弃。
  • forsake侧重断绝感情上的依恋,自愿抛弃所喜欢的人或物。也指抛弃信仰或改掉恶习。