词组 | give up the ghost |
释义 | 1 (of a person) die. 2 (of a machine) stop working; break down, especially permanently. 3 stop making an effort; give up hope. ☞ The Old English meaning of ghost, 'the soul or spirit as the source of life', survives only in this idiom.
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