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词汇 give up on
释义
Idiom
give up ongive up on (someone/something)
to stop expecting anything from someone or something.
Some officials seem to have given up on our public schools.Lee was about to give up on ever getting to that party.Cook's supporters gave up on him a week before the election.

Phr V
give up on
gives, giving, gave, given
give up on sb
to stop hoping that someone will do what you want them to do
You're here at last. We'd almost given up on you! (= we had started to think that you were not coming)He'd been unconscious for so long that the doctors had given up on him.
give up on sth
to stop hoping that something will achieve what you want it to achieve
I've given up on aerobics. It just wasn't making any difference to my body.
phrasegive up on1. give up on sth not passive to stop trying to make something happen or succeed: Never give up on your dreams - the things you really want to do. In 1991 the Russians finally gave up on their Marxist strategy.give up doing sth By 4 am I'd given up on trying to sleep, so I got up to have a shower. SIMILAR TO: abandon2. give up on sb not passive to stop hoping that someone will improve or do what you want them to: He'd been in a coma for six months, and the doctors had almost given up on him. You've left the tickets behind? I give up on you, Henry, I really do. SIMILAR TO: despair of
(redirected from give up on)

give up on (someone or something)

1. To abandon some task or goal. Don't give up on your thesis—you'll get it done eventually.
2. To lose faith in someone or something; to no longer believe in someone or something's potential for betterment. I know I've failed a lot in the past year, but please, don't give up on me. Don't give up on this team just yet.
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