quit
verb- [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 ExamplesI 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 Dictionaryadverb- altogether
- abruptly
- suddenly
- …
- try to
- decide to
- be ready to
- …
- as
- over
- give notice to quit
- issue notice to quit
- know when to quit
- …
- [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。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- altogether
- abruptly
- suddenly
- …
- try to
- decide to
- be ready to
- …
- as
- over
- give notice to quit
- issue notice to quit
- know when to quit
- …
- quit doing something
- [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 Dictionaryadverb- altogether
- abruptly
- suddenly
- …
- try to
- decide to
- be ready to
- …
- as
- over
- give notice to quit
- issue notice to quit
- know when to quit
- …
- [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。
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’.