動(dòng)詞搭配 “give up” 的基本意思是 “放棄,停止做某事”,后面可接名詞,即 “give up something”;也可以接現(xiàn)在分詞,即 “give up doing something”,意思也是 “停止做某事”。
在談?wù)摳牡舨涣剂?xí)慣的語境中,“give up” 還有 “戒掉...” 的含義。比如,“to give up smoking 戒煙”。
This year, I'm definitely going to give up smoking.
今年,我一定得把煙給戒掉。
I tried learning to play the guitar, but I didn't like practising so I just gave up.
我試著學(xué)彈吉它,但因?yàn)椴幌矚g練習(xí),所以就放棄了。
Once I saw that film about vegetarianism, it was easy to give up eating meat.
在我看了那部講素食主義的電影之后,放棄吃肉變得很容易。