释义 |
Examples:make up the number (i.e. to fill places up to a given number)—start on virtue but give up (idiom); to fail to carry things through—"urban dependence disease" (sufferers are unwilling give up city comforts and return to the countryside)—cherish wealth and find it hard to give up (idiom); refusing to contribute to charity—don't do it, or don't rest (idiom); either give up, or go through the end—sth of dubious worth that one is reluctant give up—give up one's private interests for the public good (idiom); to behave altruistically—(lit.) Even if we don't see each other, don't give up and leave [idiom.]— |