| 词组 | give |
| 释义 | give /ɡɪv/ verb 1. to let someone have something, or put something in someone’s handnounsgive sb a present/gift At Christmas people give each other presents.give sb a prize/award/medal The judges gave the prize to an Egyptian writer.give sb some money/a loan/a grant She asked her father to give her the money. | Researchers were given a £10,000 grant to continue their work.give help/support/backing The Venezuelan president gave his support to the plan.give advice They can give expert advice on career opportunities for students.give an answer Think carefully before you give your answer.give your name/address/phone number The form asks you to give the address where you are staying.give sb a drug/some medicine The doctor gave him a drug which made him feel sleepy.give sb a chance/opportunity Give me the chance to explain.adverbsgive generously The refugees need your help, so please give generously.prepositionsgive sth to sb/sth The ring was given to her by her grandmother.give sb sth for their birthday/for Christmas etc What did Bob give you for your birthday?THESAURUS: give donatemoney | blood | organ | kidney | egg to give money or other things to an organization to help with their work. You also use donate about giving blood or part of your body to help save someone’s life: Lawrence sold everything and donated the money to charity. | Large numbers of volunteers came to the main hospital to donate blood. | There is a shortage of donated human organs. | Patterson said he had decided to donate a kidney because Renada is his daughter and he loves her. | Women can receive an embryo made from a donated egg and sperm. distributeleaflet | pamphlet | questionnaire | food | aid | copies to give things to a large number of people: Anti-war protesters were distributing leaflets. | Food banks distribute food to the homeless. | United Nations agencies are distributing aid to the refugees. | Afterwards, police distributed 2,500 copies of a letter explaining their actions to local residents. contributemoney | funds | troops to give money, goods etc in order to help to achieve something, especially when other people, organizations, or countries are also doing this: Some of America’s biggest companies contributed money to his election campaign. | The Clark Center is named after the family that contributed funds for the renovation of the theatre. | Canada contributed troops to the UN peace-keeping force. awardprize | medal | Oscar | degree | damages to officially give something such as a prize to someone: Doris Lessing was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. | The sergeant-major fought on the Somme, where he was awarded the Military Medal. | Penn was awarded an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor. | She was awarded a law degree at Yale University. | The court awarded him damages of $500,000 (=they said he should receive this money because of the harm done to him). leave also bequeath /bɪˈkwiːð, bɪˈkwiːθ/ formalhouse | money | painting | collection | estate to officially arrange for someone to have something that you own after your death: He left his house to his children in his will. | An uncle left her enough money to travel to Europe. | Sainsbury, who died last year, bequeathed 18 paintings from artists including Claude Monet and Paul Gauguin. | He bequeathed his entire collection of 1,279 artworks to the City of Philadelphia. | The estate was bequeathed to the nation. lavish formalpraise | gifts | money | attention to give someone a lot of something: The French press lavished praise on the book when it was published. | She was lavished with gifts including airline tickets and jewellery. | The company lavished money on a new $850 million headquarters in Manhattan. | He was jealous of all the attention that was lavished on his sister.Lavish is used in two ways. You can lavish praise/attention etc on someone, or lavish someone with praise/attention etc. confer formalright | power | status | privilege | benefit | title | honour | degree to officially give someone a special right, power, or honour: The Constitution conferred equal rights on all US citizens. | The contract confers power on the directors of the company to manage its affairs. | In many societies, being a doctor confers special status. | Pope Leo X conferred the title ‘Defender of the Faith’ on Henry VIII. | She received the highest honour that her country could confer on her. | The university will confer the degree of Doctor of Law on Professor Gregory. bestow formalhonour | gift | title | name | privilege | right | citizenship | favour to give someone something to show how much they are respected – a very formal use: Churchill was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal, the highest civilian honour that America can bestow. | The king bestowed many precious gifts upon her. | The title of “Grand Cross of the Order of Liberty” was bestowed upon him by the president. | He bestowed the name ‘Virginia’ on this area of land, in honour of his queen. | American citizenship was bestowed upon the Native Americans in 1924.to put something in someone’s hand hand to put something in someone’s hand: She handed a note to the waiter and asked him to give it to the person at the next table. | He handed her his coat.If you hand something out, you give it to a group of people: The teacher was handing out forms to the students.If you hand something over, you give it to someone, especially when you do not want to: The police officer ordered him to hand over the gun. pass to move something so that someone can have it, by putting it in their hand, or by putting it next to them: Can you pass me my glasses? | She passed him the paper and said “Read this!”You often ask someone to pass you something when you are eating: Can you pass me the salt/sugar/water?Pass is also often used in sport, when one player throws or kicks the ball to another player: He passes the ball to Johnson, who scores. presentprize | award | cup | cheque to formally or officially give something to someone by putting it in their hands, especially at a formal ceremony: The prizes were presented by club president Lawrence Mitchell. | The award will be presented by Michelle Obama. | The championship cup was presented to the winning team captain. | He presented a cheque for £50,000 to the hospital. | The head of the school was presented with flowers and gifts by the students.Prepositions with verbs meaning giveThe usual preposition is to. You give/donate/distribute/award/leave/hand/pass/present something to someone. You can also say: give/award/leave/hand/pass someone something.You lavish/confer/bestow something on/upon someone. Upon is used in formal English.2. to do something such as make a speech in front of an audienceTHESAURUS: give → do |
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