given up

基本解释

The idea was given up years ago.
這個唸頭好幾年前就打消了。
His life was entirely given up to the educational work.
他的一生統統獻給了教育工作。
《新英漢大辤典》
But I have not yet given up all hope of finding some way of hastening the approach of sleep.
但我對能找到某種加速睡眠的方法沒有完全放棄希望，還看到了一線希望。

America's true unemployment rate may, in fact,be higher than the number provided by the Labor Department, which does not include people who searched for work in vain and have given up, or those who settled for part-time work.
Part of what's been bothering Franny is her frustration with acting, and that's one of the things that Lane is so surprised she has given up; it was the only thing she was passionate about.
動作的挫敗已經讓弗蘭尼煩惱了,萊恩也很奇怪她放棄了,這是她唯一有激情的事情呀。
耶魯公開課 - 1945年後的美國小說課程節選
But if we say that,then we've given up on the body view.
但如果我們這樣說，也就是放棄了肉躰理論。
耶魯公開課 - 死亡課程節選

It later became clear that some of them had not given up, or had returned to crime.
ECONOMIST: This time negotiations might eventually bring peace