give over

动词 v.

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To give up, hand over, surrender (something). archaic,transitive
    — Diocletian, the emperor, was so much affected with it that he gave over his sceptre and turned gardener.
  2. To entrust (something) to another. transitive
    — She gave the deeds over to the solicitor.
  3. To devote or resign to a particular purpose or activity; to yield completely. transitive
    — The factory has been entirely given over to aircraft manufacture.
  4. To quit, to abandon. transitive
    — If the bodies continued missing until Sunday, all hope would be given over, and the funerals would be preached on that morning.
  5. To give up; abandon; stop. Ireland,Northern-England,Scotland,UK,dialectal
    — Give over with your nonsense, will you!

词形变化

gives over present,singular,third-person giving over participle,present gave over past given over participle,past
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