give up
停止,放棄;讓;認輸,投降
give up
v 1: lose or lose the right to by some error, offense, or crime
[syn: forfeit, throw overboard, waive, forgo]
[ant: claim]
2: give up with the intent of never claiming again; "Abandon
your life to God"; "She gave up her children to her
ex-husband when she moved to Tahiti"; "We gave the
drowning victim up for dead" [syn: abandon]
3: give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat;
"In the second round, the challenger gave up" [syn: drop
out, fall by the wayside, drop by the wayside, throw
in, throw in the towel, quit, chuck up the sponge]
[ant: enter]
4: put an end to a state or an activity; "Quit teasing your
little brother" [syn: discontinue, stop, cease, quit,
lay off] [ant: continue]
5: give up what is not strictly needed; "he asked if they could
spare one of their horses to speed his journey" [syn: spare,
part with, dispense with]
6: part with a possession or right; "I am relinquishing my
bedroom to the long-term house guest"; "resign a claim to
the throne" [syn: release, relinquish, resign, free]
7: leave (a job, post, post, or position) voluntarily; "She
vacated the position when she got pregnant"; "The chairman
resigned when he was found to have misappropriated funds"
[syn: vacate, resign, renounce]
8: relinquish possession or control over; "The squatters had to
surrender the building after the police moved in" [syn: surrender,
cede, deliver]
9: give up or agree to forego to the power or possession of
another; "The last Taleban fighters finally surrendered"
[syn: surrender] [ant: resist]
10: stop maintaining or insisting on; of ideas, claims, etc.;
"He abandoned the thought of asking for her hand in
marriage"; "Both sides have to give up some calims in
these negociations" [syn: abandon]
11: allow the other (baseball) team to score; "give up a run"
[syn: allow]
12: refrain from consuming; "You will have to forgo alcohol"
[syn: forgo]