give up
phrasal verbgive up
to stop trying to do something 投降;认输;放弃 They gave up without a fight. 他们不战而降。 She doesn't give up easily. 她不轻易认输。 I give up—tell me the answer. 我放弃了,把答案告诉我吧。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryGive up is used with these nouns as the object:- ambition
- attempt
- authority
- …
give somebody up
- (also give up on somebody)
to believe that somebody is never going to arrive, get better, be found, etc. 对某人的到来(或康复、能否找到等)不再抱有希望 to stop having a relationship with somebody 与某人断绝关系;不再与某人交往
give something up
- [no passive]
to stop doing or having something 停止;中止;放弃;抛弃 She didn't give up work when she had the baby. 她有孩子后并未放弃工作。 We'd given up hope of ever having children. 我们已放弃生孩子的希望。 - give up doing something
You ought to give up smoking. 你应该戒烟。
to spend time on a task that you would normally spend on something else 把(本该做其他事的时间)耗费于
give something up (to somebody)
give yourself/somebody up (to somebody)