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give up sth
指停止追求或拥有某物。
He gave up his dream of becoming a pilot.
他放弃了成为飞行员的梦想。
放弃；停止；戒除
given up — past participle of give up · irregular form
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放弃；停止；戒除
To stop doing or quit an activity, habit, etc.
He gave up his dream of becoming a pilot.
他放弃了成为飞行员的梦想。
交出(某人或某物)；告发(某人)。
To surrender (someone or something); to inform on (someone).
放弃(某物)。
To relinquish (something)
将(自己、生命等)奉献给某事；献身于。
Devote or dedicate (oneself, one's life, etc.) to something.
使某人获得(某物)而对自己不利；让步。
To have someone obtain (something) to one's disadvantage; to concede.
give up
Base
原形
gives up
3rd person
第三人称单数
giving up
-ing
现在分词
gave up
Past
过去式
given up
Past participle
过去分词
He gives up too easily.
他太容易放弃了。
She gave up smoking last year.
她去年戒烟了。
They have given up on the project.
他们已经放弃了那个项目。
动词give为不规则变化
After months of training, she decided to give up running the marathon.
经过几个月的训练，她决定放弃参加马拉松。
The doctor told him he had to give up smoking for his health.
医生告诉他为了健康必须戒烟。
They refused to give up their search for the missing hiker.
他们拒绝放弃寻找失踪的徒步者。
指停止追求或拥有某物。
He gave up his dream of becoming a pilot.
他放弃了成为飞行员的梦想。
指停止做某个动作或习惯。
She gave up smoking last year.
她去年戒烟了。
表示对某人或某事不再抱有希望或不再努力。
The teacher never gave up on the struggling student.
老师从未放弃对那个学业困难的学生。
Not this
I decided to give up to learn English.
Use this
I decided to give up learning English.
错误：在“give up”后错误地使用了不定式（to do）。正确用法是后接动名词（doing），表示“放弃做某事”。汉语“放弃做某事”中的“做”是动词原形，但英语中“give up”要求动名词形式。
Not this
He gave up to the pressure and left.
Use this
He gave in to the pressure and left.
错误：混淆了“give up”（放弃）和“give in”（屈服）。“give up”后通常不接介词“to”，而“give in to”表示“向……屈服”。此处语境是向压力屈服，应用“give in to”。
Not this
Don't give up your dreams.
Use this
Don't give up on your dreams.
错误：在“give up”后直接接宾语“your dreams”缺少介词“on”。表示“放弃（某人/某物）”时，应用“give up on”，而“give up”单独使用表示“停止尝试”或不接宾语。汉语“放弃梦想”直接接宾语，但英语需要介词。
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常用于 give up on sth/sb 结构表示放弃或对...不抱希望。
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