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单词 give somebody/something away
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give somebody/something away

give somebody/something away
phrasal verbphr v 
a) GIVEto give something to someone because you do not want or need it for yourself 分送,送掉〔不需要的东西〕
 I gave most of my books away when I left college.
我大学毕业时把大部分书都送掉了。
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 Give your old clothes away to a thrift shop.
把你的旧衣服送给慈善商店吧。
b) GIVEto give something to someone without asking for any money, rather than selling it to them 赠送,赠给
 We’re giving away a free diary with tomorrow’s newspaper.
明天的报纸我们将会附赠一本日记本。
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 We have 1,000 CDs to give away to our readers.
我们有1,000CD要送给读者。
c) SHOW/BE A SIGN OFto show where someone is or what they are doing or thinking when they are trying to keep this a secret 露马脚,暴露
 Don’t worry, I won’t give you away.
别担心,我不会出卖你的。
 Sue tried to smile, but her voice gave her away.
休想笑一笑,但是她的声音出卖了她。
give yourself away
 I knew that if I moved I would give myself away.
我知道只要我一动就会暴露。
 The look on his face gave the game away (=showed something that he was trying to keep secret).
他的表情露馅儿了。
d) TELL A SECRETto tell someone something that you should keep secret 泄露〔秘密〕
 He gave away as little information as possible.
他尽可能不透露信息。
 I don’t want to give away exactly how the system works.
我不想说出这套系统具体的工作原理。
 I don’t want to give the game away (=give information that should be secret) by saying too much.
我不想言语过多而泄露了秘密。
e) LOSE A GAME, COMPETITION, OR WARto lose in a game or competition by doing something badly or making mistakes 〔因表现不好或失误〕输掉
 We gave away two goals in the first half.
上半场我们输了两个球。
 The Democrats are now in danger of giving the whole election away.
现在民主党处境不利,有可能会输掉这次大选。
f) MARRYto give formal permission for a woman to marry a man as part of a traditional wedding ceremony 〔在传统婚礼上〕将〔新娘〕交给新郎
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