give up

英 [ɡɪv ʌp]

美 [ɡɪv ʌp]

放弃; 戒除; 认输; 辞去（工作）; 让出; 自首; 投案

法律

同义词辨析

abandonabdicatedesertgive upquitrenouncewaive【导航词义：抛弃，放弃】

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 放弃；戒除
  If yougive upsomething, you stop doing it or having it.
  1. Coastguards had given up all hope of finding the two divers alive.
     海岸警卫队对两位潜水员生还已完全不抱希望。
  2. ...smokers who give up before 30.
     30岁以前戒烟的人
• PHRASAL VERB 投降；认输；放弃
  If yougive up, you decide that you cannot do something and stop trying to do it.
  1. After a fruitless morning sitting at his desk he had given up.
     他在书桌前徒劳地坐了一上午之后便放弃了。
• PHRASAL VERB 辞去（工作）
  If yougive upyour job, you resign from it.
  1. She gave up her job to join her husband's campaign...
     她辞去工作，加入到丈夫的宣传活动中。
  2. He is thinking of giving up teaching.
     他在考虑辞去教书的工作。
• PHRASAL VERB 把…让给
  If yougive upsomething that you have or that you are entitled to, you allow someone else to have it.
  1. Georgia refuses to give up any territory...
     格鲁吉亚拒绝出让任何领土。
  2. One of the men with him gave up his place on the bench.
     他的一个同伴将长椅上的位子让了出来。
• PHRASAL VERB 自首；投案
  If yougive yourself up, you let the police or other people know where you are, after you have been hiding from them.
  1. A 28-year-old man later gave himself up and will appear in court today.
     后来一位28岁的男子向警方自首了，他将于今天出庭。

英英释义

verb

• stop maintaining or insisting on
  1. He abandoned the thought of asking for her hand in marriage
  2. Both sides have to give up some claims in these negotiations
  Synonym:abandon
• give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope
  1. In the second round, the challenger gave up
  Synonym:drop outfall by the waysidedrop by the waysidethrow inthrow in the towelquitchuck up the sponge
• give up or agree to forgo to the power or possession of another
  1. The last Taleban fighters finally surrendered
  Synonym:surrender
• stop consuming
  1. kick a habit
  2. give up alcohol
  Synonym:kick
• give up with the intent of never claiming again
  1. Abandon your life to God
  2. She gave up her children to her ex-husband when she moved to Tahiti
  3. We gave the drowning victim up for dead
  Synonym:abandon
• relinquish possession or control over
  1. The squatters had to surrender the building after the police moved in
  Synonym:surrendercededeliver
• lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime
  1. you've forfeited your right to name your successor
  2. forfeited property
  Synonym:forfeitthrow overboardwaiveforgoforego
• part with a possession or right
  1. I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest
  2. resign a claim to the throne
  Synonym:releaserelinquishresignfree
• give up what is not strictly needed
  1. he asked if they could spare one of their horses to speed his journey
  Synonym:sparepart withdispense with
• leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily
  1. She vacated the position when she got pregnant
  2. The chairman resigned when he was found to have misappropriated funds
  Synonym:vacateresignrenounce
• allow the other (baseball) team to score
  1. give up a run
  Synonym:allow
• put an end to a state or an activity
  1. Quit teasing your little brother
  Synonym:discontinuestopceasequitlay off

双语例句

• Once they get an idea into their heads, they never give up.
  一旦接受了一个想法，他们就永远不会放弃。
• The student may show signs of feeling the strain of responsibility and she may give up
  学生可能会表现出对责任感到有压力，然后可能会放弃。
• It's a kind way of telling aspiring novelists, 'Don't give up the day job'.
  这是劝诫立志成为小说家者“不要丢了正业”的一种温和方式。
• He is obstinate and determined and will not give up
  他非常顽固，而且又铁了心，是不会放弃的。
• If she had had to give up riding she might have taken up sailing competitively
  如果她当时不得不放弃骑自行车的话，她或许就从事她很有优势的帆船运动了。
• Women, he says, should give up alcohol before they plan to conceive
  他说女性在计划怀孕之前应该戒酒。
• I know people who find it practically impossible to give up smoking.
  我认识一些人，他们觉得戒烟几乎是不可能的。
• He had a bad accident two years ago and had to give up farming
  他两年前遇到严重的车祸，不得不放弃务农。
• He urged them not to give up on peace efforts
  他力劝他们不要放弃对和平的努力。
• Don't just immediately give up but think about ways round a problem
  不要马上放弃，应该想想解决问题的办法。