quit

verb

/kwɪt/

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they quit	/kwɪt/ /kwɪt/
he / she / it quits	/kwɪts/ /kwɪts/
past simple quit	/kwɪt/ /kwɪt/
past participle quit	/kwɪt/ /kwɪt/
past simple quitted	/ˈkwɪtɪd/ /ˈkwɪtɪd/
past participle quitted	/ˈkwɪtɪd/ /ˈkwɪtɪd/
-ing form quitting	/ˈkwɪtɪŋ/ /ˈkwɪtɪŋ/

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[intransitive, transitive] (informal) to leave your job, school, etc.离开（工作职位、学校等）；离任；离校
- If I don't get more money I'll quit.不给我加薪我就辞职。
- He quit in protest over the decision. 他辞职以抗议这项决定。
- quit as something He has decided to quit as manager of the team.他已决定辞掉球队主教练的职务。
- quit something to quit your job辞职
- He quit the show last year because of bad health.去年他因身体欠佳而退出了表演。
- (North American English) She quit school at 16.她 16 岁退学。
- I am considering quitting my job to start a business.我正在考虑辞职创业。
Extra Examples
- I thought about working part-time, or quitting altogether.我想过从事兼职工作，或干脆什么也不干了。
- In this job you have to know when to quit.在这个岗位上，你得知道什么时候要放手。
- Their longest-serving employee is threatening to quit over pay.他们手下工龄最长的雇员因为薪水问题威胁要辞职离开。
- He was forced to quit college and find work.他被迫从大学退学去找工作。
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adverb
- altogether
- abruptly
- suddenly
- …
verb + quit
- try to
- decide to
- be ready to
- …
preposition
- as
- over
phrases
- give notice to quit
- issue notice to quit
- know when to quit
- …
See full entry
[transitive, intransitive] (especially North American English, informal) to stop doing something停止；戒掉
- quit doing something I've quit smoking.我戒了烟。
- You don't know me, so quit trying to act like you do.你不了解我，所以不要像你一样。
- She finally quit working at age 76.她终于在76岁时辞职了。
- quit something Just quit it!你就罢手吧！
- We only just started. We're not going to quit now.我们才刚刚开始，现在决不放弃。
Topics Medicineb1, Social issuesb1
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adverb
- altogether
- abruptly
- suddenly
- …
verb + quit
- try to
- decide to
- be ready to
- …
preposition
- as
- over
phrases
- give notice to quit
- issue notice to quit
- know when to quit
- …
See full entry
[transitive, intransitive] quit (something) to leave the place where you live离开，迁出，搬离（住处）
- We decided it was time to quit the city.当时我们决定，该离开城市生活了。
- The landlord gave them all notice to quit.房东通知他们都搬出去。
- I decide to quit town and lie low for a while.我决定离开城镇去隐居一阵子。
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adverb
- altogether
- abruptly
- suddenly
- …
verb + quit
- try to
- decide to
- be ready to
- …
preposition
- as
- over
phrases
- give notice to quit
- issue notice to quit
- know when to quit
- …
See full entry
[intransitive, transitive] quit (something) to close a computer program or application关闭，退出（计算机程序等）
- I quit the app and restarted it.我退出app，重启。
Topics Computersb1

Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘set free’): from Old French quiter (verb), quite (adjective), from Latin quietus, past participle of quiescere ‘be still’, from quies ‘quiet’.