give way 详细解释

give way

撤退, 让路, 屈服, 失去控制, 倒塌

让步

Our employer will not give way to our demands for higher wages.

我们的雇主不会对我们增加工资的要求让步。

词义辨析

同义参见:

succumb  

英英释义

动词 give way:

move in order to make room for someone for something

同义词:move over, give, ease up, yield

break down, literally or metaphorically

同义词:collapse, fall in, cave in, give, break, founder

end resistance, as under pressure or force

同义词:yield

stop operating or functioning

同义词:fail, go bad, die, give out, conk out, go, break, break down

补充

give waygive wayv.1.撤退,让路,退让,垮掉,倒塌,屈服,跌价

例句

1. The step feels like it will give way soon.这楼梯走起来好像快要塌了似的。 2. The roof gave way [=collapsed] under heavy snow.屋顶被大雪压塌了。 3. "After several hours of debate, the opposition finally gave way. [=gave in]"经过数小时辩论,对手最终屈服了。 4. Our frustration soon gave way to anger.我们的沮丧很快被愤怒取代。 5. Much of the state's farmland has given way to shopping malls.这个州的大片农田都已被购物中心取代了。 6. time-honored traditions giving way to more modern methods被更现代的方式所取代的历史悠久的传统 7. Cars must give way [=(US) yield] to pedestrians.汽车必须给行人让路。