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词汇 give-up
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give up


phrasal verb with giveverbuk /ɡɪv/ us /ɡɪv/gave | given
to stop trying to guess: 放弃猜测;认输
You'll never guess the answer - do you give up?你永远也猜不到答案的——你认输吗?
I give up - how many were there?我猜不出来了——到底有多少?
After ten minutes trying to get the answer I gave up.
"Do you give up?" "No, I want another clue."
I give up - tell me the answer!
No, you're wrong - do you give up?
I haven't a clue - I give up.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Accepting & agreeing reluctantly
accede to something
acceptance
acquiescence
be resigned to somethingidiom
bend to something
bow down to someone
cave in
concede
crack
peace
philosophical
resignation
resigned
resignedly
resort to something
settle for something
shoulder
tolerate
trade something off
yield to something

give up something


phrasal verb with giveverbuk /ɡɪv/ us /ɡɪv/gave | given
to stop owning, using, or claiming something: 放弃(某物的所有权或使用权);交出;让出
They were forced to give up their home because they couldn't pay the mortgage.他们因为还不起按揭被迫交出了房子。
 give up hope
to stop hoping that a particular thing will happen: 不再抱有希望,放弃希望
give up hope ofWe still haven't given up hope of finding her alive.我们还没有放弃她生还的希望。
He's just given up his car and now cycles to work instead.
He reluctantly gave up his motorbike when he could no longer afford to run it.
He gave up all his worldly possessions and went to live in a monastery.
She agreed to give up her SUV in favour of a smaller car.
I'll have to give up my ticket to the concert if I can't find anyone to go with me.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Abstaining and refraining
abstain
abstain from something
abstainer
abstemious
abstemiously
cut
desist
disengagement
fast
forbear
forbearance
hors de combat
pull
pull back
step
step back
stop
stop short of somethingidiom
touch
truck

give up (something)


phrasal verb with giveverbuk /ɡɪv/ us /ɡɪv/gave | given
B2
to stop doing something before you have finished it, usually because it is too difficult: (通常因为太难而)终止,放弃
[ + -ing verb ]I've given up trying to help her.我已经放弃努力,不想再帮她了。
I've given up trying to persuade her.
I give up - I'm never going to learn this language!
I've given up trying to make her happy.
He used to try to get me to dress smartly but he's long since given up on me.
I've given up going to the gym - it wasn't making any difference.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Stop having or doing something
abdicate
abdication
bandh
bomb
bomb out
break with something
butt
forfeit
forfeitable
forgo
forsake
forswear
give up the ghostidiom
lay
self-denying
self-denyingly
self-renouncing
self-renunciation
self-sacrifice
throw

give (something) up


phrasal verb with giveverbuk /ɡɪv/ us /ɡɪv/gave | given
B1
If you give up a habit, such as smoking, or something such as alcohol, you stop doing it or using it: 戒除
[ + -ing verb ]I gave up smoking two years ago.我两年前戒的烟。
Don't offer him a cigarette, he's trying to give it up.不要给他烟,他正在努力戒烟。
Chewing gum can help people who are giving up smoking.
She's agreed to give up chocolate for Lent.
He gave up drinking on the advice of his doctor.
Even though she's given up meat she still eats fish.
I've promised her a holiday if she gives up smoking by next year.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Abstaining and refraining
abstain
abstain from something
abstainer
abstemious
abstemiously
cut
desist
disengagement
fast
forbear
forbearance
hors de combat
pull
pull back
step
step back
stop
stop short of somethingidiom
touch
truck

give something up


phrasal verb with giveverbuk /ɡɪv/ us /ɡɪv/gave | given
B1
to stop doing a regular activity or job: 放弃,停止;辞去
[ + -ing verb ]He's given up driving since his illness.他自从生病后就不再开车了。
We're going to give up our sports club membership after this year.过了今年我们就要放弃体育俱乐部的会员资格了。
 give it up for someone
used to ask people to clap their hands to show their enjoyment or approval of a performance: 请为(某人的表演)鼓掌
Ladies and gentlemen, will you give it up for Danny Jones.女士们,先生们,请以热烈的掌声感谢丹尼‧琼斯的精彩表演。
He's going to give up rugby at the end of the season.
She gave up skiing after her fall last winter.
He's giving up the captaincy at the end of the season.
He gave up his job in the city to become a plumber.
They both gave up their jobs to go travelling.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Stop having or doing something
abdicate
abdication
bandh
bomb
bomb out
break with something
butt
forfeit
forfeitable
forgo
forsake
forswear
give up the ghostidiom
lay
self-denying
self-denyingly
self-renouncing
self-renunciation
self-sacrifice
throw

give someone up


phrasal verb with giveverbuk /ɡɪv/ us /ɡɪv/gave | given

(END FRIENDSHIP)


to stop having a friendship with someone: 与(某人)绝交,不再与(某人)交往
She seems to have given up all her old friends.她好像和所有的老朋友都断绝了来往。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Stop having or doing something
abdicate
abdication
bandh
bomb
bomb out
break with something
butt
forfeit
forfeitable
forgo
forsake
forswear
give up the ghostidiom
lay
self-denying
self-denyingly
self-renouncing
self-renunciation
self-sacrifice
throw

(NOT EXPECT)


(alsogive up on someone)
to stop expecting that someone will arrive: 不再期望(某人)到来
I've been waiting half an hour - I'd almost given up on you.我都等了半小时了——我差点以为你不来了呢。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Stop having or doing something
abdicate
abdication
bandh
bomb
bomb out
break with something
butt
forfeit
forfeitable
forgo
forsake
forswear
give up the ghostidiom
lay
self-denying
self-denyingly
self-renouncing
self-renunciation
self-sacrifice
throw
 give someone up for dead(alsogive up on someone)
to think that someone is certain to die or to be dead: 对(某人)的生还不再抱有希望,认为(某人)将(或已经)死亡
The doctors had virtually given her up for dead, but she eventually recovered.医生们实际上已经认定她救不活了,可她最终康复了。

give yourself up


phrasal verb with giveverbuk /ɡɪv/ us /ɡɪv/gave | given
to allow the police or an enemy to take you as a prisoner:
The gunman gave himself up to the police.
See also
give yourself over/up to something
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Stop having or doing something
abdicate
abdication
bandh
bomb
bomb out
break with something
butt
forfeit
forfeitable
forgo
forsake
forswear
give up the ghostidiom
lay
self-denying
self-denyingly
self-renouncing
self-renunciation
self-sacrifice
throw

give up (something) | American Dictionary


give up (something)


phrasal verb with giveverbus/ɡɪv/present participlegiving | past tensegave | past participlegiven
to stop doing or to stop having something:
He gave up jogging after his heart attack.
To give up also means to lose or be defeated:
Although behind in the chess match, he refused to give up.
“Can you guess what actor I’m pretending to be?” “No, I give up (= I can’t guess).”

give up | Business English


give up


phrasal verb with giveverb[ I or T ]uk /ɡɪv/uspast tensegave | past participlegiven
to stop trying to do something before you have finished, usually because it is too difficult:
She has a struggle trying to persuade the board to accept her proposal, but she's determined not to give up.
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