give up

柯林斯词典

1. PHRASAL VERB If you give up something, you stop doing it or having it. 放弃
The Coast Guard had given up all hope of finding the two divers alive. 海岸警卫队已放弃了两名潜水员生还的全部希望。
2. PHRASAL VERB If you give up, you decide that you cannot do something and stop trying to do it. 放弃
After a fruitless morning sitting at his desk he had given up. 他在书桌前徒劳地坐了一个上午后便放弃了。
3. PHRASAL VERB If you give up your job, you resign from it. 辞去
She gave up her job to join her husband's campaign. 她辞了工作以参加丈夫的竞选活动。
4. PHRASAL VERB If you give up something that you have or that you are entitled to, you allow someone else to have it. 让出
One of the men with him gave up his place on the bench. 他的一个同伴让出了长椅上的位子。
5. PHRASAL VERB If you give yourself up, you let the police or other people know where you are, after you have been hiding from them. 投案自首
A 28-year-old man later gave himself up and will appear in court today. 后来一个28岁的男子投案自首了，他将于今天出庭。