| 释义 |
●ˌgive sb ˈup (also ˌgive ˈup on sbespecially in NAmE) to believe that sb is never going to arrive, get better, be found, etc. 对某人的到来（或康复、能否找到等）不再抱有希望◆There you are at last! We'd given you up. 你终于来了！我们都以为你不来了呢。◆We hadn't heard from him for so long, we'd given him up for dead. 我们这么长时间没有他的音信，都以为他死了。to stop having a relationship with sb 与某人断绝关系；不再与某人交往◆Why don't you give him up? 你为什么不与他一刀两断呢？See also give |