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give way

英 [ɡɪv weɪ]

美 [ɡɪv weɪ]

倒塌; 忍不住…了出来; 划起来; (价格)跌落

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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

  • We refused to give way to their demands.
    我们拒绝对他们的要求让步。
  • The ideological weapons of the old die-hard feudalism were defeated, had to give way and were declared bankrupt.
    旧的顽固的封建主义的思想武器打了败仗了,抵不住,宣告破产了。
  • 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。
  • Not likely to fail or give way. Of breaking me down, you mean.
    不可能让人失望或垮掉的。你是说,让我垮掉。
  • The last houses give way to soybean fields.
    最后一批房子也被拆掉用作了大豆地。
  • Neither of them will give way, so they could be arguing for a very long time.
    他们俩谁也不肯让步,因此他们可能会争论很长时间。
  • After a long argument, we didn't give way to each other. Finally, she broke up with me.
    经过长时间的争论后,我们彼此都没有作出让步,最后,她和我分手了。
  • I believe old farming methods should give way to improved modern ones.
    我认为旧的耕作方式应给改良了的现代化的耕作方式让路。
  • 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。
  • Neither was willing to give way, so they kept on quarrelling.
    他们俩各不相让,吵闹不休。