| 单词 | give up |
| 释义 | give up 1．stop trying；cease doing sth．停止做某事；放弃做某事 *I did want a holiday abroad，but I've given up the ided．我确实想出国度假，但现在已放弃了这个想法。 *If everyone gave up smoking and drinking，it would bring about the breakdown of tobacco and liquor indurstries．如果人人戒掉烟酒，就会使烟酒业破产。 *He seems so ungrateful for anything we did that we have given up trying to help him．他对于我们为他做的任何一件事是如此忘恩负义，以致我们不打算帮助他了。 *She realized she was wrong and gave up the argument．她意识到她错了，便停止了争论。 2．stop hoping for；give up as a bad job；abandon hope；lose hope对…不抱希望；对…绝望 *Her brother was given up by the doctors after the accident，but he lived just the same．她弟弟在那场事故以后已被医生宣布活不长了，但他却活得很正常。 *She seems to have given up all hope．她似乎已放弃了一切希望。 *The climbers were given up for lost．寻找失踪的登山者是没有希望了。 *Just as it had been given up for lost，the necklace was found．项链丢失了，正对它不抱希望时，却又找到了。 *We shall never get that fellow to see the error of his ways；we may as well give him up as a bad job．我们绝不会使那个家伙认识到自己的错误，我们还是不去管他算了。 *Much time and money was spent on attempting to repair the machine，but it had to be given up as a bad job．花了很多时间和钱想把这台机器修好，但是没有希望，只好放弃。 3．hand over；deliver up 交出；让出；移交 *He refused to give up the documents，alleging that they had been entrusted to him by their owner．他拒绝交出文件，声称那是文件的主人委托他保管的。 *He gave the books up to his brother．他把书交给了他弟弟。 *The passengers gave up their tickets as they left the railway station．旅客们离开火车站时交出了车票。 *The young man gave up his seat on the bus to the old man．这位年轻人在公共汽车上把座位让给了那位老人。 *When she realized that she would have to give up her children，she dropped the idea of getting a divorce．当她意识到她要失去孩子时，就放弃了离婚的念头。 4．devote；set apart or devote to a particular purpose or use 从事；全部用于（常用于被动态） *The rest of the evening was given up to letter writing．那晚其余的时间用来写信了。 *The whole winter was given up to physical training．整个冬季都用来体育训练。 *His weekends were given up to golfing and motoring．他的周末都用于打高尔夫球和驾驶汽车。 *Her Sundays were given up to the preparation of a lecture．她的星期日都用来备课。 *The new building will be given up to the library．新大楼将作图书馆。 5．break the courtship off with；stop keeping company with与…断绝恋爱关系；不再同…交朋友 *The young lady threatened that if her sweetheart did not stop gambling she would give him up．这位年轻的小姐威胁她恋人说，如果他不停止赌博，她就同他断绝关系。 6．reveal；disclose 泄露；透露 *She didn't give up the secret of the Party．她没有泄露党的秘密。 7．surrender 投降 *The murderer has given himself up．杀人凶手已投案自首。 |
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