give up

['givʌp]

v.放弃, 抛弃, 戒除, 交出

1. 让出

He gave up his seat to an old man.

他让座给一位老人。

2. 放弃

The girl gave up halfway.

这女孩中途放弃。

3. 戒绝

I wish I could give up drinking.

我真希望自己能戒酒。

词义辨析

同义参见:

abdicate  renounce  surrender  drop  forsake  languish  cede  forgo  despair  yield  sacrifice  resign  droop  spare  relinquish  

英英释义

动词 give up:

lose or lose the right to by some error, offense, or crime

同义词：forfeit, throw overboard, waive, forgo

give up with the intent of never claiming again

同义词：abandon

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

同义词：drop out, fall by the wayside, drop by the wayside, throw in, throw in the towel, quit, chuck up the sponge

put an end to a state or an activity

同义词：discontinue, stop, cease, quit, lay off

give up what is not strictly needed

同义词：spare, part with, dispense with

part with a possession or right

同义词：release, relinquish, resign, free

leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily

同义词：vacate, resign, renounce

relinquish possession or control over

同义词：surrender, cede, deliver

give up or agree to forgo to the power or possession of another

同义词：surrender

stop maintaining or insisting on; of ideas or claims

同义词：abandon

allow the other (baseball) team to score

同义词：allow

refrain from consuming

同义词：forgo

补充

give upgive up1.放弃; 认输; 猜不出I can't answer that puzzle; I give up.我猜不出这个谜语, 我认输了。She will give up this journey.她将放弃这次旅行。Bad habits are not easily given up.恶习难改。Have you given up drinking whisky before breakfast?你在早餐以前已不喝威士忌了吗?2.交出; 自首We had to give up the castle to the enemy.我们只得把城堡拱手让给了敌人。3.宣布无法医治; 对…不抱希望The doctors gave my uncle up, but he lived.医生们认为我叔叔的病无法治好, 但他却活了下来。4.泄露When will the desert give up its secrets to mankind?沙漠何时才会向人类显露它的秘密呢?

例句

1. She gave up her job.她辞去了工作。 2. He gave up smoking.他戒烟了。 3. Giving up meat can be easier than you think.戒荤比想象的要容易。 4. After this I gave up any idea of writing for a living.此后我就放弃了以写作谋生的想法。 5. She will never give up her campaign for justice.她永远不会停止伸张正义的活动。 6. The rebels have given up their weapons.叛乱分子交出了武器。 7. The thief gave himself up.小偷投案自首了。 8. The service is run by volunteers who give up their free time.这个服务机构是由牺牲自己空余时间的志愿者们操办的。 9. We can't give up now.我们现在不能放弃。 10. When you get married, will you give up your job?你结婚后会不会辞去工作? 11. He refused to give the document up, even under pressure.即使受到压力，他仍拒绝交出文件。 12. After hiding in the hole for several days,the escaped prisoner gave himself up.逃犯在洞里躲藏几天后便自首了。 13. You took so long to arrive that we had almost given you up.你姗姗来迟，我们几乎认为你不来了。 14. The puzzle is too difficult; I shall give it up.这难题太难了；我只能放弃了。 15. The doctors gave my uncle up ten years ago, but he's still alive!十年前医生认为我叔叔已经无指望了，但他现在仍活着! 16. The woman gave up her lover to save her marriage.这位女人为了挽救婚姻断绝了与情夫的来往。 17. You're still not honest,I give you up.你还不诚实；我不相信你了。 18. The snow had given up.雪停了。 19. All the workers gave up a day's pay to send money to the Hope primary school.所有的工人都拿出了一天的工资寄给那所希望小学。 20. They gave up once the other team had scored their third goal.对方射入第三个球后，他们就变得全无斗志了。 21. I give up. What's the answer?我不猜了，答案是什么？ 22. He vowed that he would never give up.他发誓决不放弃。 23. I give up! I don't know what more I can do to please my girlfriend!我放弃！我不知道还能做什么讨我女朋友欢心！ 24. "“How many prime numbers are there between 1 and 100? Well, do you give up?” “OK, I give up!”"“1到100之间有多少个质数？怎么样，你认输吗？”“好吧，我认输！” 25. He was forced to give up his job.他被迫放弃自己的工作。 26. She refused to give up trying.她不肯放弃尝试。 27. My doctor urged me to give up smoking/cigarettes.我的医生竭力要求我戒烟。 28. Rescuers have not yet given up hope that more survivors will be found.救援人员还没有放弃找到更多幸存者的希望。 29. He gave up his seat to an elderly woman. [=he got out of his seat so that an elderly woman could sit there]他把座位让给了一位老妇人。 30. "We did our best to repair the engine, but in the end we had to give it up as impossible."我们尽了最大努力维修这台发动机，可最后还是因为修不好而放弃了。 31. The defense gave up two touchdowns in the first quarter.防守队员让对方在第一节两次达阵得分。 32. The pitcher didn't give up a hit till the ninth inning.投手到第九局才失掉了一球。 33. The fugitive eventually gave himself up (to the police/authorities).逃亡者最后（向警方/当局）投案自首。 34. The teacher gave him up as a hopeless case.老师认为他不可救药不再对他抱任何希望。 35. The doctors gave him up for dead. [=the doctors said that he was certain to die]医生说他肯定救不活了。 36. We'd given you up (for lost) hours ago!几个小时前我们还以为再也见不到你了！ 37. He gave himself up to despair.他陷入了绝望。 38. She gave herself up completely to her work.她全身心地投入到她的工作中。 39. "He has gotten in trouble many times, but his parents have never given up on him."他惹了很多次麻烦，但他的父母从未放弃他。 40. Please don't give up on me. I promise I'll do better.请别对我放弃希望，我保证我会做得更好。 41. We'd given up on you hours ago!几个小时前我们还以为再也见不到你了！ 42. They have given up on their plan to build a new factory.他们放弃了建造新工厂的计划。 43. She hasn't given up on trying to convince her husband to buy a new car.她还没有放弃说服丈夫买辆新车的努力。