| 单词 | give way |
| 释义 | give way 1. a. < our troops … gave way on the right — William Tennant > b. archaic < respect induced passengers to give way to the father and daughter — Sir Walter Scott > c. < if it is your duty to give way, never leave your alteration of course until the last moment — Peter Heaton > < drivers give way to traffic coming in on the right — Meet New Zealand > 2. a. archaic < they who through weakness gave way to the ill designs of bad men — Edmund Burke > b. < she horrified the young man by giving way to tears, publicly — F.A.Swinnerton > c. < courage kept her from quite giving way — Edna Lyall > 3. a. < bridges … can give way under the pounding hooves of a herd of bawling, jostling longhorns — S.E.Fletcher > < his fragile health gave way under the stress of study — H.W.Wiley > b. < argued until, with a shrug of his shoulders, he gave way — Francis King > 4. < the desert landscape … had given way everywhere to abundant green vegetation — Rex Moorfoot > < discussion of specific issues gave way to very broad generalities — Walter Goodman > 5. < the coxswain ordered the crew to give way > 6. |
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