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giving意义(每日一句老外说give)(1)

Peter今天一脸沮丧地说:

My old pad gave up the ghost.

毛毛一脸蒙圈地问:

你的平板怎么了?

give up the ghost什么意思?

从字面来看:放弃魂魄

实际上有三种意思

① 死了

The bad guy in the TV show finally gave up the ghost.

电视里那个坏蛋最后死了。

② 报废了

My old car gave up the ghost, I have to buy a new one.

我的旧车报废了,我得买辆新的了。

③ 放弃了

Everything I loved was gone! So I simply gave up the ghost.

我爱的一切都没了!所以我只好放弃。

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