(TTS發音) 1. stop trying；cease doing sth. 停止做某事；放棄做某事
I did want a holiday abroad，but I've given up the ided. 我確實想出國度假，但現在已放棄了這個想法。
If everyone gave up smoking and drinking，it would bring about the breakdown of tobacco and liquor indurstries. 如果人人戒掉煙酒，就會使煙酒業破產。
He seems so ungrateful for anything we did that we have given up trying to help him. 他對于我們為他做的任何一件事是如此忘恩負義，以致我們不打算幫助他了。
She realized she was wrong and gave up the argument. 她意識到她錯了，便停止了爭論。
2. stop hoping for；give up as a bad job；abandon hope；lose hope對…不抱希望；對…絕望
Her brother was given up by the doctors after the accident，but he lived just the same. 她弟弟在那場事故以後已被醫生宣布活不長了，但他卻活得很正常。
She seems to have given up all hope. 她似乎已放棄了一切希望。
The climbers were given up for lost. 尋找失蹤的登山者是沒有希望了。
Just as it had been given up for lost，the necklace was found. 項鏈丟失了，正對它不抱希望時，卻又找到了。
We shall never get that fellow to see the error of his ways；we may as well give him up as a bad job. 我們絕不會使那個家伙認識到自己的錯誤，我們還是不去管他算了。
Much time and money was spent on attempting to repair the machine，but it had to be given up as a bad job. 花了很多時間和錢想把這台機器修好，但是沒有希望，只好放棄。
3. hand over；deliver up 交出；讓出；移交
He refused to give up the documents，alleging that they had been entrusted to him by their owner. 他拒絕交出文件，聲稱那是文件的主人委託他保管的。
He gave the books up to his brother. 他把書交給了他弟弟。
The passengers gave up their tickets as they left the railway station. 旅客們離開火車站時交出了車票。
The young man gave up his seat on the bus to the old man. 這位年輕人在公共汽車上把座位讓給了那位老人。
When she realized that she would have to give up her children，she dropped the idea of getting a divorce. 當她意識到她要失去孩子時，就放棄了離婚的念頭。
4. devote；set apart or devote to a particular purpose or use 從事；全部用于（常用于被動態）
The rest of the evening was given up to letter writing. 那晚其餘的時間用來寫信了。
The whole winter was given up to physical training. 整個冬季都用來體育訓練。
His weekends were given up to golfing and motoring. 他的週末都用于打高爾夫球和駕駛汽車。
Her Sundays were given up to the preparation of a lecture. 她的星期日都用來備課。
The new building will be given up to the library. 新大樓將作圖書館。
5. break the courtship off with；stop keeping company with與…斷絕戀愛關系；不再同…交朋友
The young lady threatened that if her sweetheart did not stop gambling she would give him up. 這位年輕的小姐威脅她戀人說，如果他不停止賭博，她就同他斷絕關系。
6. reveal；disclose 洩露；透露
She didn't give up the secret of the Party. 她沒有洩露黨的秘密。
7. surrender 投降
The murderer has given himself up. 殺人兇手已投案自首。
