give up

动词 v. 形容词 adj.

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To surrender (someone or something); to inform on (someone). transitive
    — He was surrounded, so gave himself up.
  2. To relinquish (something) transitive
    — He gave up his seat to an old man.
  3. Devote or dedicate (oneself, one's life, etc.) to something. transitive
    — I gave myself up to working for this cause.
  4. To have someone obtain (something) to one's disadvantage; to concede. transitive
    — A good pitcher will give up very few home runs.
  5. To stop or quit (an activity, etc.). transitive
    — They gave up the search when it got dark.
  6. To abandon (someone or something) transitive
    — I gave up my faith years ago.
  7. To lose hope concerning (someone or something) transitive
    — They gave him up for dead.
  8. To admit defeat, capitulate; to desist for that reason. intransitive
    — OK, I give up, you win.
  9. To execute a trade on behalf of another broker. transitive
  10. To acknowledge, recognize as. US,dialectal,intransitive
    — The next morning, Sunday, I was boxing with R., who had come over with three or four others to swap a few with me. I was given up to be the best boxer around, and I laid them cold as fast as they came at me.
  11. To reveal (something). US,intransitive,slang
    — He gave up that he was the one who opened the door.
形容词 adj.
  1. Become fully taken over by a certain quality, activity, trait, etc. US,dialectal
    — And now She Seems give up to Sin / Too much neglecting grace within

词形变化

gives up present,singular,third-person giving up participle,present gave up past given up participle,past more give up comparative most give up superlative
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