## 1. 放弃

### 1.1 直接宾语

“Give up”最常被理解为放弃某事或放弃做某事。在这种情况下，它通常接一个名词或动名词作为宾语。

例句：

- After years of effort, he finally gave up his dream of becoming a professional athlete. (经过多年的努力，他最终放弃了成为一名职业运动员的梦想。)

- She decided to give up smoking for her health. (为了健康，她决定戒烟。)

### 1.2 对象从句

“Give up”后面还可以跟一个宾语从句，表达放弃某种观点或信念。

例句：

- I can't give up the idea that she'll come back someday. (我不能放弃她总有一天会回来的想法。)

## 2. 投降、认输

在比赛、战争或争论等情境中，“give up”可表示向对手或困难低头，表示认输或投降。

例句：

- The losing team had to give up the game when they ran out of time. (时间耗尽，失败的队伍不得不承认比赛失败。)

- He gave up trying to solve the math problem when he realized it was too difficult. (当他意识到这个问题太难时，他放弃了尝试解答。)

## 3. 停止、终止

“Give up”有时也用于表示停止做某事，特别是当这种行为是不健康的或者无益的。

例句：

- The noise outside forced me to give up working and go to bed. (外面的噪音迫使我放弃工作去睡觉。)

- The doctor advised him to give up drinking alcohol for his liver's sake. (医生建议他为了肝脏健康停止饮酒。)

## 4. 交出、放弃所有权

在某些语境下，“give up”可以指交出或放弃对某物的所有权或控制权。

例句：

- The suspect gave up his gun to the police without resistance. (嫌疑犯没有反抗就把枪交给了警察。)

- She had to give up her car when she moved to a city with excellent public transportation. (搬到公共交通设施极好的城市后，她不得不放弃了她的车。)

## 5. 表达情感或态度

“Give up”还可以用来表达失望、绝望或沮丧的情绪。

例句：

- He looked so defeated; it seemed like he had given up on life. (他看起来如此沮丧，似乎已经对生活失去了希望。)

- Seeing her tears, he felt like giving up everything just to make her smile again. (看到她的眼泪，他觉得愿意放弃一切只为让她再次微笑。)

## 6. 结构拓展

### 6.1 “Give up on sb/sth”

这个结构表示对某人或某事失去信心或希望。

例句：

- Don't give up on yourself; you can always improve. (不要对自己失去信心，你总是可以进步的。)

### 6.2 “Give sth up for sb/sth”

这种形式强调为了某人或某事而放弃某物。

例句：

- She gave up her career for her children. (她为了孩子放弃了事业。)