| 词组 | give up |
| 释义 | give up 1. give up sth • give sth up not passive to stop doing something that you did regularly, for example a job or a sport: ▪ She gave up her job at the nursing home and moved to London. ▪ I used to play a lot of football, but I had to give it up after the accident. give up doing sth ▪ Teri's given up going to New Year's Eve parties after her unfortunate experience last year. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑stop, ↑quit 2. give up sth • give sth up • give up not passive to stop smoking, drinking etc because you think it is bad or unhealthy give up doing sth ▪ Vanessa's been feeling much better since she gave up smoking. give up sth ▪ He gave up alcohol when he became a Muslim. give sth up ▪ David's drug habit is slowly killing him - Dr Ryan could help him give it up. give up ▪ "Cigarette?" "No thanks, I'm trying to give up." ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑stop, ↑quit 3. give up • give up sth not passive to stop trying to do something, especially because it is too difficult: ▪ They searched for the ball for a while, but eventually they gave up and went home. give up doing sth ▪ After about ten minutes I gave up trying to explain it to her. I give up spoken (=used to say that you cannot guess the answer to a question or joke) ▪ "How much d'you think this suit cost?" "I don't know. $200, $500 ... $1000? Oh, I give up!" give up the struggle (=stop trying to do something that is very difficult) ▪ a crisis that brought him to the point where he finally gave up the struggle and resigned 4. give up sth to let someone else have something that is yours, especially when you do not really want to: ▪ Lack of money forced Salah to give up his London apartment. ▪ The Confederate Army refused to give up any of the territory they had won. ■ SIMILAR TO: relinquish formal 5. give yourself up to allow the police or enemy soldiers to make you a prisoner when they have been trying to catch you: ▪ General Lee sent a message to the rebels, urging them to give themselves up. + to ▪ Two of the escaped prisoners have given themselves up to the police. ■ SIMILAR TO: surrender 6. give up sth • give sth up to use some of your time to help other people or to help something succeed, instead of for your own enjoyment or advantage + to do sth ▪ We should like to thank the mayor for giving up his valuable time to support our fundraising campaign. ▪ Fiona gave up all her weekends to be with her mother, who was now seriously ill. ■ SIMILAR TO: sacrifice 7. give up hope to stop hoping that something good will happen or that things will get better: ▪ Just when they had almost given up hope, Jenny became pregnant. give up hope of doing sth ▪ When the factory closed, most of the workers gave up hope of ever getting another job. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑despair 8. give up sb • give sb up not passive to end a friendship or romantic relationship with someone, even though you do not want to: ▪ He's started going out with Rita, but he doesn't want to give up this other girl! 9. give up sb • give sb up to give your child to someone else so that the child legally becomes part of that person's family give sb up for adoption ▪ I refused to give up my baby for adoption - he was mine. 10. give sb up for dead/lost to begin to believe that someone is dead and stop looking for them: ▪ Three Americans who had been given up for dead were found alive yesterday. ▪ No trace of the boat could be found and the crew were given up for lost. 11. let's give it up (for sb)! spoken informal used to tell people to hit their hands together in order to show that they have enjoyed something, or approve of someone: ▪ Come on, everybody, let's give it up for the Spice Girls! ■ SIMILAR TO: let's have a round of applause for sb 12. give sb up not passive spoken to stop expecting someone to arrive: ▪ Where have you been? We'd almost given you up. |
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