give someone up

Related to word: give

片語動詞

Definition

  1. to believe that someone is sure to die or is already deceased

    认为某人注定会死亡或已经死亡

    • The doctor told her the disease was fatal and she needed to give up hope for her husband's recovery.

      医生告诉她这个病是致命的,她需要放弃对丈夫康复的希望。

    • As time went by, he began to believe it was time to give up hope of his parents being alive.

      随着时间的流逝,他开始认为是时候放弃对父母生还的希望了。

    • They knew in the end they had to give up on any hope for their missing loved ones.

      他们最终知道必须放弃对失踪亲人的任何希望。

Definition (期待)

  1. to abandon hope that someone will show up

    不再期望某人会到达

    • After searching for hours, he finally decided to give up hope that she would show up.

      在搜寻了好几个小时后,他最终决定放弃她会出现的希望。

    • Even after many failures, she never gave up hope that her dreams would come true.

      即使经历了许多失败,她从未放弃梦想会实现的希望。

    • He stayed at the hospital for days but finally had to admit he would give up on expecting his return.

      他在医院待了好几天,但最终不得不承认他会放弃期待他的回归。

Definition (关系)

  1. to cease maintaining a friendship or relationship with someone

    不再与某人交朋友,与某人断绝关系

    • They finally decided to give up on those who had never supported them.

      他们最终决定放弃那些从未支持过他们的人。

    • After many arguments, Maria chose to give up her old friends.

      经过多次争吵,玛丽亚选择放弃她的老朋友。

    • He couldn't understand why she would give up on their friendship so easily.

      他无法理解她为何如此轻易地放弃他们的友谊。