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词组 give up the ghost
释义

give up the ghost

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.

2018Brad ParksCloser Than You Know Trying to go forward with some kind of murder-for-hire scenario would be both unjust and patently absurd, a terrible example of the government being unable to give up the ghost.

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