〈 1．retreat；make room；get out of the way 退卻；讓路 〉
*Private cars should give way to an ambulance．私人汽車應給救護車讓路。
*The enemy army is giving way before the cannon fire．敵軍在砲火前撤退。
*John gave way to the old lady and let her pass．約翰讓路給老太太過去。
*The crowd slowly gave way before the policeman．警察迫近時，那群人便慢慢退後。
2．collapse 倒坍
*The walls gave way in the earthquake．牆在地震時倒坍了。
*The wooden bridge gave way under the heavy load．那座木橋因吃不住重壓而倒塌了。
*The river was so high that the dam gave way．河水水位太高，堤壩崩潰了。
3．yield 屈服
*Her fear gave way to joy when she learned that the accident had not been serious．她得知事故並不嚴重時喜形于色，不再恐懼。
*A deadlock was reached in the discussions，as neither side would give way to the other．討論已陷入僵局，因為雙方互不讓步。
*Mary refused at first to marry him，but she gave way at last．瑪麗最初拒絕嫁給他，但是她最後讓步了。
*We finally had to give way to his persuasion．最後，我們聽從了他的勸告。
*You must not give way to his unreasonable demands or he will only make further demands．你切不可對他的無理要求讓步，否則，他就會得寸進尺。
4．lose control of oneself；lose one's courage or hope忍不住；失去控制；失去勇氣
*She didn't give way during the flood，though she was very frightened．她在洪水來臨時雖然很害怕，但是沒有失去自控。
*She forced herself not to give way to her emotions．她極力克制自己的感情。
*He was so frightened that his legs gave way under him．他嚇得兩腿發軟，站都站不起來。
5．allow oneself to be overcome by；allow to decide被…征服；聽憑決定
*Don't give way to despair．不要被絕望所壓倒。
*She gave way to her husband in buying a new car．她任她丈夫決定買部新車。
6．be replaced or succeeded by；give place to 讓位；轉變為
*The grey clouds gradually broke up and gave way to a blue sky．烏雲漸漸消失，天晴了。
*As winter gave way to spring，the day began to lengthen．冬天轉變為春天時，白天開始長了起來。
*Jealousy gave way to admiration of thir prowess．人們已由嫉妒轉變到欽佩他們的傑出才幹。
*Sorrow gave way to joy．傷心轉為喜悅。
*Black and white television has given way to colour television in popularity．黑白電視已普遍為彩色電視所取代。
*When she saw the clowns，her tears gave way to laughter．當她看到小醜演出時，破涕為笑。
*Her grief gave way to happiness as soon as she heard that her husband was still alive．當她聽到她丈夫還活著時，她一下子轉悲為喜。
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