| 词汇 | give up |
| 释义 | give up 1. stop trying; cease doing sth. 停止做某事；放弃做某事 * I did want a holiday abroad, but I've given up the ided. 我确实想出国度假，但现在已放弃了这个想法。 * If everyone gave up smoking and drinking, it would bring about the breakdown of tobacco and liquor indurstries. 如果人人戒掉烟酒，就会使烟酒业破产。 * He seems so ungrateful for anything we did that we have given up trying to help him. 他对于我们为他做的任何一件事是如此忘恩负义，以致我们不打算帮助他了。 * She realized she was wrong and gave up the argument. 她意识到她错了，便停止了争论。 2. stop hoping for; give up as a bad job; abandon hope; lose hope 对…不抱希望；对…绝望 * Her brother was given up by the doctors after the accident, but he lived just the same. 她弟弟在那场事故以后已被医生宣布活不长了，但他却活得很正常。 * She seems to have given up all hope. 她似乎已放弃了一切希望。 * The climbers were given up for lost. 寻找失踪的登山者是没有希望了。 * Just as it had been given up for lost, the necklace was found. 项链丢失了，正对它不抱希望时，却又找到了。 * We shall never get that fellow to see the error of his ways; we may as well give him up as a bad job. 我们绝不会使那个家伙认识到自己的错误，我们还是不去管他算了。 * Much time and money was spent on attempting to repair the machine, but it had to be given up as a bad job. 花了很多时间和钱想把这台机器修好，但是没有希望，只好放弃。 3. hand over; deliver up 交出；让出；移交 * He refused to give up the documents, alleging that they had been entrusted to him by their owner. 他拒绝交出文件，声称那是文件的主人委托他保管的。 * He gave the books up to his brother. 他把书交给了他弟弟。 * The passengers gave up their tickets as they left the railway station. 旅客们离开火车站时交出了车票。 * The young man gave up his seat on the bus to the old man. 这位年轻人在公共汽车上把座位让给了那位老人。 * When she realized that she would have to give up her children, she dropped the idea of getting a divorce. 当她意识到她要失去孩子时，就放弃了离婚的念头。 4. devote; set apart or devote to a particular purpose or use 从事；全部用于（常用于被动态） * The rest of the evening was given up to letter writing. 那晚其余的时间用来写信了。 * The whole winter was given up to physical training. 整个冬季都用来体育训练。 * His weekends were given up to golfing and motoring. 他的周末都用于打高尔夫球和驾驶汽车。 * Her Sundays were given up to the preparation of a lecture. 她的星期日都用来备课。 * The new building will be given up to the library. 新大楼将作图书馆。 5. break the courtship off with; stop keeping company with 与…断绝恋爱关系；不再同…交朋友 * The young lady threatened that if her sweetheart did not stop gambling she would give him up. 这位年轻的小姐威胁她恋人说，如果他不停止赌博，她就同他断绝关系。 6. reveal; disclose 泄露；透露 * She didn't give up the secret of the Party. 她没有泄露党的秘密。 7. surrender 投降 * The murderer has given himself up. 杀人凶手已投案自首。 |
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