give way

英 [ɡɪv weɪ]

美 [ɡɪv weɪ]

倒塌; 忍不住…了出来; 划起来; (价格)跌落

经济

英英释义

verb

• stop operating or functioning
  1. The engine finally went
  2. The car died on the road
  3. The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town
  4. The coffee maker broke
  5. The engine failed on the way to town
  6. her eyesight went after the accident
  Synonym:failgo baddiegive outconk outgobreakbreak down
• end resistance, as under pressure or force
  1. The door yielded to repeated blows with a battering ram
  Synonym:yield
• move in order to make room for someone for something
  1. The park gave way to a supermarket
  2. `Move over,' he told the crowd
  Synonym:move overgiveease upyield
• break down, literally or metaphorically
  1. The wall collapsed
  2. The business collapsed
  3. The dam broke
  4. The roof collapsed
  5. The wall gave in
  6. The roof finally gave under the weight of the ice
  Synonym:collapsefall incave ingivebreakfounder

双语例句

• The house cannot give way to the king on this matter!
  议院不应该在这个问题上对国王让步！
• He should give way to a younger, more decisive leader.
  他应该让位于更年轻、更有决断力的领导者。
• The financial ingenuity will have to give way to realism – especially with Saturn now in Virgo.
  金融智慧将不得不让位于现实主义-尤其是土星在室女座了。
• The first goat said as he was in the right and would not give way.
  第一只羊说。他觉得自己是对的，所以他不肯让路。
• He refused to give way on any of the points.
  他拒绝在任何一点上让步。
• The last houses give way to soybean fields.
  最后一批房子也被拆掉用作了大豆地。
• Would you give way to other passengers please?
  请侧身一下，让其他旅客先过。
• The idea of this set phrase is to give way to somebody in order to avoid a conflict.
  这则成语的意思就是给他人一个合适的距离以避免冲突。
• The driver may not see you or give way to you.
  驾驶人可能看不见你，或不会让路给你。
• Neither was willing to give way, so they kept on quarrelling.
  他们俩各不相让，吵闹不休。