given up

基本解释

The idea was given up years ago.
这个念头好几年前就打消了。
His life was entirely given up to the educational work.
他的一生统统献给了教育工作。
《新英汉大辞典》
But I have not yet given up all hope of finding some way of hastening the approach of sleep.
但我对能找到某种加速睡眠的方法没有完全放弃希望，还看到了一线希望。

America's true unemployment rate may, in fact,be higher than the number provided by the Labor Department, which does not include people who searched for work in vain and have given up, or those who settled for part-time work.
Part of what's been bothering Franny is her frustration with acting, and that's one of the things that Lane is so surprised she has given up; it was the only thing she was passionate about.
动作的挫败已经让弗兰尼烦恼了,莱恩也很奇怪她放弃了,这是她唯一有激情的事情呀。
耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选
But if we say that,then we've given up on the body view.
但如果我们这样说，也就是放弃了肉体理论。
耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

It later became clear that some of them had not given up, or had returned to crime.
ECONOMIST: This time negotiations might eventually bring peace