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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
- give up
[gɪv ʌp]
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1.
vi.
(stop trying) 放弃
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2.
vt.
[+job]
辞掉
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3.
vt.
[+hobby]
抛弃
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4.
vt.
[+idea]
[ hope]
[ right]
[ territory]
放弃
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to give up smoking
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戒烟
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5.
vt.
to give o.s. up (surrender) 投案自首
Collins English-English Dictionary
- give up
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1.
vb
[adverb]
to abandon hope (for)
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2.
vt.
[tr]
to renounce (an activity, belief, etc)
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I have given up smoking
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3.
vt.
[tr]
to relinquish or resign from
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he gave up the presidency
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4.
vt.
[tr; usually reflexive]
to surrender
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the escaped convict gave himself up
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5.
vt.
[tr]
to reveal or disclose (information)
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6.
vi.
[intr]
to admit one's defeat or inability to do something
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7.
vt.
[tr; often passive or reflexive]
to devote completely (to)
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she gave herself up to caring for the sick
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Examples
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You can't stop smoking altogether, you need to give up gradually.
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你不能一下子戒烟，你得一点儿一点儿来。
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She has tried all methods to give up smoking.
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各种戒烟的办法她都试过了。
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She had to give up smoking for health reasons.
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因为健康原因，她不得不戒了烟。
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to give up the ghost
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绝望
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Don't give up hope yet.
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不要就此失去信心.
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Arthritis crippled her hands so she had to give up the flute.
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关节炎使她的手致残，她不得不放弃了长笛。
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