give up

柯林斯詞典

1. PHRASAL VERB If you give up something, you stop doing it or having it. 放棄
The Coast Guard had given up all hope of finding the two divers alive. 海岸警衛(wèi)隊(duì)已放棄了兩名潛水員生還的全部希望。
2. PHRASAL VERB If you give up, you decide that you cannot do something and stop trying to do it. 放棄
After a fruitless morning sitting at his desk he had given up. 他在書桌前徒勞地坐了一個(gè)上午後便放棄了。
3. PHRASAL VERB If you give up your job, you resign from it. 辤去
She gave up her job to join her husband's campaign. 她辤了工作以蓡加丈夫的競(jìng)選活動(dòng)。
4. PHRASAL VERB If you give up something that you have or that you are entitled to, you allow someone else to have it. 讓出
One of the men with him gave up his place on the bench. 他的一個(gè)同伴讓出了長(zhǎng)椅上的位子。
5. PHRASAL VERB If you give yourself up, you let the police or other people know where you are, after you have been hiding from them. 投案自首
A 28-year-old man later gave himself up and will appear in court today. 後來(lái)一個(gè)28嵗的男子投案自首了，他將於今天出庭。