| 单词 | give |
| 释义 | givegivesgavegivengivinggivegive1 /gɪv/ verb (past tense gave /geɪv/, past participle given /ˈgɪvən/)1[intransitive and transitive] to let someone have something as a present, or to provide something for someonegive somebody somethingWhat did Bob give you for your birthday?do鲍勃送了什么生日礼物给你？Researchers were given a grant to continue their work.researcherbegive研究人员得到了一笔经费用以继续他们的研究工作。I’ve got some jewellery that my grandmother gave me.getgive我有一些珠宝﹐是我祖母送给我的。give something to somebodya ring which was given to him by his motherbegive他母亲送给他的一枚戒指Most people are willing to give to charity.bewill大多数人都愿意捐款给慈善事业。GrammarDo not say ‘He gave to me the book.’ Say He gave me the book.give or He gave the book to me.give（他给了我这本书。）2 [transitive] to put something in someone’s handgive somebody somethingGive me the letter, please.请把信给我。give something to somebodyHe poured a cup of coffee and gave it to her.pourgive他倒了一杯咖啡递给她。She gave a spare key to her neighbour.give她给了她邻居一把备用钥匙。3[transitive] to allow or make it possible for someone to do somethinggive somebody somethingHe gave us permission to leave.give他允许我们离开。Everyone will be given a chance to speak.give每个人都会有一个说话的机会。I asked him to give me more time to finish my essay.ask我请他再给我点时间让我写完文章。Women were given the vote in the early 1900s.womanbegive20 世纪初﹐妇女获得了选举权。give something to somebodyThis bill will give more power to local authorities.authority这项议案将给予地方政府更大的权力。4[transitive] to tell someone information or details about something, or tell someone to do something: Let me give you some advice.我来给你一些建议。give orders/instructionsThey were given orders not to tell anyone.begiveorder他们接到命令不要告诉任何人。Can you give me directions to the station (=tell me how to get there)?direction你能告诉我去车站怎么走吗？He gives us jobs to do around the house.givejob他给我们分派家务活。give an account/descriptionToday’s newspaper gives an account of the murder.give今天的报纸报道了这桩凶杀案。THESAURUS order5[transitive] to perform an action: Don’t move until I give the signal.我发信号之前你不要动。give a speech/performance etcHe’s giving a talk on early Roman pottery.give他要作一个关于古罗马早期陶器的报告。give somebody somethingJoel gave me a smile as I walked in.givewalk我走进去的时侯﹐乔尔对我笑了一笑。give somebody a call (also give somebody a ring )British English (=telephone someone)Give me a call around 8:00.八点钟左右打个电话给我。THESAURUS do6[transitive] to make someone have or feel somethinggive somebody somethingHe gave us quite a shock.give他让我们十分震惊。That noise is giving me a headache.begive那噪声让我头都痛了。The course has given me more confidence.havegive这门课程给了我更多的自信。give somebody problems/troubles/difficultiesThe new software has been giving us problems.havebegiveproblem新软件一直在给我们添麻烦。give something to somebodyTheir music has given a lot of pleasure to people.havegive他们的音乐给人们带来了很多快乐。7[transitive] to pay a particular amount of money for somethinggive somebody something for somethingThey gave us £700 for our old car.give他们出价 700 英镑买了我们那辆旧汽车。8give (somebody) an impression/sense etc to make someone think about something in a particular way: I didn’t want to give him the wrong idea about the job.我不想让他对这份工作产生误解。9give a party to organize a party: We’re giving a small party for Dad’s birthday next week.give我们下周要为爸爸的生日开个小型派对。10give something thought/attention/consideration etc to spend some time thinking about something carefully: I’ll give the matter some thought.think我会考虑一下那件事的。THESAURUS think11[transitive] if something gives, it bends or stretches when pressure or weight is put on it: The leather will give slightly as you wear the boots.boot这靴子穿穿皮面就会稍微松一些。Phrasesgive somebody a hand spoken to help someonegive withCan I give you a hand with that bag?我帮你拿那个手提包﹐好吗？give way1if a structure gives way, it falls down because it cannot support the weight on it: The bridge gave way under the weight of the lorry.give桥被卡车压塌了。2to stop or slow down when driving, in order to allow other vehicles to go first SYN yield American English: At the junction, you have to give way to traffic on the main road.在交叉路口，必须给主干道上的车辆让行。3to be replaced by somethinggive toMy sadness soon gave way to anger.give我的悲伤很快转为了愤怒。not give something another/a second thought to not think or worry about something: The matter didn’t seem important and I hardly gave it a second thought.givethink事情似乎并不重要，我也就几乎没再去想。THESAURUS: givegive to let someone have something as a present, or to provide something for someone to use: Rob gave me a book I wanted.givewantCould you give me their address?canhand something out to give something to each of the people in a group: The teacher handed out the test papers.handpaperpresent to give something to someone by putting it in their hands at a formal occasion in front of other people: The class presented her with some beautiful flowers.presentflowerWho is going to present the awards?begoawardaward to give someone a prize, medal, grade etc: Mark entered the competition and was awarded a silver medal.enterbeawardShe was awarded a first class honours degree.beawardhonourdonate to give something in order to help people. You donate money to charity. You also donate your blood or part of your body to save someone’s life: They will donate some of their profits to Cancer Research.profitFewer people are willing to donate blood.bewillcontribute to give money, help, ideas etc to something that a group of people are doing: We’re thinking of buying her a leaving present. Would you like to contribute?thinkbuyleavewillMartin Amis and other writers contributed articles to the magazine.writercontributearticle leave to officially arrange for someone to have something that you own after you die: She left most of her money to her children.leavechildPhrasal verbsgive somebody/something away phrasal verb1give something ↔ away to give something you own to someone without asking for moneygive toGive your old clothes away to charity.clothe把你的旧衣服捐给慈善机构吧。We’re giving away a free diary with tomorrow’s paper.give我们随明天的报纸免费附送一本记事本。2to show or say something about someone that should be kept secret ➔ giveaway: Don’t worry, I won’t give you away.win别担心﹐我不会出卖你的。The look on his face gave the game away (=showed something he wanted to keep secret).give他脸上的表情使事情露了馅儿。give (somebody) something ↔ back phrasal verb to return something to its owner: You’ll have to give the money back.你必须把钱归还。I have to give Rick his car back by 3.00.我得在三点钟之前把汽车还给里克。give in phrasal verb1to finally agree to do something that you did not want to do: Eventually I gave in and said yes.givesay最后我还是让步答应了。give in toThe government refused to give in to the union’s demands.refusedemand政府拒绝对工会提出的要求作出让步。2to accept that you have lost a fight, game etc: The rebels were eventually forced to give in.rebelbeforce叛乱分子最后被迫投降。3give something ↔ in British English to give something such as an official paper or a piece of work to someone: You were supposed to give in this work yesterday.besuppose你昨天就应该交这个作业的。give off something phrasal verb to produce a smell, light, heat etc: The burning wood gave off a sweet smell.burngive燃烧的木头散发出一股香气。give out phrasal verb1give something ↔ out to give something to each person in a group: Can you give the drinks out, please?drink请你把饮料分给大家好吗？give toStudents were giving out leaflets to everyone in the street.studentbegiveleaflet学生们在向街上的每一个人分发传单。2to stop working correctly: My voice gave out halfway through the song.give那首歌我唱到一半嗓子破了。give up phrasal verb1give something ↔ up to stop doing something, especially something that you do regularly: Why don’t you give up smoking?smoke你为什么不戒烟呢？give up doing somethingI gave up going to the theatre after that.givego那以后﹐我再也不上剧院了。THESAURUS stop2to stop trying to do something: You shouldn’t give up so easily.你不应该这么轻易就放弃。give something ↔ upShe has still not given up the search.havegive她仍然没有放弃寻找。3give yourself/somebody up to allow yourself or someone else to be caught by the police or enemy soldiersgive toIn the end, his family gave him up to the police.give最后他的家人把他交给了警察。give up on somebody/something phrasal verb to stop hoping that someone or something will change or improve: At that point, I hadn’t completely given up on the marriage.give那个时候我对这桩婚姻还没有完全放弃希望。 |
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