(quitting; past and past participle quitted 或quit)
1
- with obj. leave (a place), usually permanently（通常指永久地）离开（某地）：
hippies finally quit two sites in Hampshire last night.
嬉皮士们昨夜最终离开了汉普郡的两个场所。
1.1
- no obj.(of a tenant) leave rented accommodation（房客）离开, 搬出, 迁出：
the landlord issued a notice to quit.
房东通知房客搬出去。
1.2
- informal resign from (a job)〈非正式〉辞掉（工作）：
she quit her job in a pizza restaurant
她辞了比萨饼餐馆的工作
no obj. he quit as manager of struggling Third Division City.他辞去了处境艰难的第三区的管理者一职。
1.3
- informal, chiefly N. Amer. stop or discontinue (an action or activity)〈非正式, 主北美〉停止, 废止; 放弃（行动, 活动）：
quit moaning!
别抱怨了！
I want to quit smoking.
我想戒烟。
2
quit oneself
with adverbial archaic behave in a specified way〈古〉表现：quit yourselves like men, and fight.
你们要拿出男子汉的样子, 去战斗。
短语
quit hold of
- archaic let go of〈古〉放开; 放弃。
词源
Middle English （in the sense 'set free'）： from Old French quiter (verb)， quite (adjective)， from Latin quietus, past participle of quiescere 'be still'， from quies 'quiet'.