词汇 | give-up-the-ghost |
释义 | give up the ghostidiom to die死,死去 humorous If a machine gives up the ghost, it stops working: (机器)报废,不能运转,完蛋 Our old TV had finally given up the ghost.我们的老电视终于坏了。 UK to stop trying to do something because you know that you will not succeed: 放弃…;对…绝望 All I'd cherished from early childhood had been denied me, so I simply gave up the ghost.我自童年起珍惜的一切都被夺走了,我只好放弃。 Death and dying all-cause mortality antemortem bereave bite bleed out coroner death toll ghost have one foot in the graveidiom macabre perish posthumously raise raise someone from the deadidiom remains roadkill self-extinction sepulchrally snuff itidiom toll You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Machines - not functioning Stop having or doing something |
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