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单词 give something up
释义

give something up

1Part with something that one would prefer to keep: she would have given up everything for love...
  • She enters into a pact with a doctor who helps her deliver the baby and give it up for adoption.
  • In both cases the love was more fully expressed because it involved a sacrifice - in the first story a treasured possession was given up, in the second it was a sacrifice of time and warmth.
  • ‘For most ladies giving their child up for adoption is the biggest sacrifice you can make,’ Hielema said.
1.1Stop doing or consuming something: I’ve decided to give up drinking...
  • Debbie likes a drink with dinner and I like several after dinner so we've decided to give it up during the week.
  • There are thousands of people who love their drink, and who wouldn't give it up for anything.
  • Getting rid of the sugar addresses Jacobson's most credible concerns about soft drinks without forcing people to give them up completely.

Synonyms

stop, cease, discontinue, desist from, swear off, forbear from, abstain from, cut out, renounce, forswear, forgo, abandon, have done with;
resign from, stand down from
informal quit, kick, leave off, knock off, pack in, lay off, jack in, chuck, ditch
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