givev.（动词）gave[g3v] giv.en[gv.…n] giv.ing,gives v.tr.（及物动词）To make a present of:赠予，送给：例句：We gave her flowers for her birthday.我们送她一些花以庆祝她的生日To place in the hands of; pass:放在…手里；递给：例句：Give me the scissors.给我剪刀To deliver in exchange or recompense; pay:付给：供给以做交换或回报；偿付：例句：will give five dollars for the book.愿付五美元买这本书To let go for a price; sell.按价格卖掉；出售To administer:服药：例句：give him some cough medicine.给他一些治咳嗽的药To convey by a physical action:用身体动作传达：例句：gave me a punch in the nose.朝我鼻子打了一拳To inflict as punishment:作为惩罚给予：例句：gave the child a spanking; was given life imprisonment for the crime.打孩子的屁股；因犯罪而判终身监禁Law To accord by verdict:【法律】 做出判决：例句：A decision was given for the plaintiff.做出对原告有利的判决To bestow, especially officially; confer:给予（尤指官方的）；授予：例句：The Bill of Rights gives us freedom of speech.人权法案给予我们言论自由To accord or tender to another:给…某物：给予或提供给另一个：例句：Give him your confidence.信任他To put temporarily at the disposal of:暂时交给…处置：例句：gave them the cottage for a week.把小木屋暂让给他们一个星期To entrust to another, usually for a specified reason:交托，信托：委托另一个人，通常是为了一个具体的理由：例句：gave me the keys for safekeeping.把钥匙交给我保管To convey or offer for conveyance:转达：为交流思想、感情等传达或提供：例句：Give him my best wishes.向他传达我的美好祝愿Law To execute and deliver. Used especially in the phrasegive bond. 【法律】 实施和执行。尤被用于词组签订契约 To endure the loss of; sacrifice:牺牲：忍受…的损失；牺牲：例句：gave her son to the war; gave her life for her country.为了战争牺牲了她的儿子；她为国捐躯To devote or apply completely:奉献：专心致志或完全专心于：例句：gives herself to her work.她献身于工作To furnish or contribute:提供，捐献：例句：gave their time to help others.花费他们的时间去帮助别人To offer in good faith; pledge:作为保证提出；保证：例句：Give me your word.你要向我保证To allot as a portion or share.分配：作为一部分或份额派定或分配To bestow as a name.作为名称给予To attribute (blame, for example) to someone; assign.指派：把（如过失）归咎于某人；指派To award as due:作为应得权益授予：例句：gave us first prize.授予我们一等奖To emit or utter:吐露，发出：例句：gave a groan; gave a muted response.发出呻吟声；作为沉默的反应To submit for consideration, acceptance, or use:表明：提交以便考虑、接受或使用：例句：give an opinion; give an excuse.表明意见；给一个借口To proffer to another:提供给另一个人：例句：gave the toddler my hand.把我的手伸给那学步的小孩To consent to engage (oneself) in sexual intercourse with a man.委身于：同意（自己）与一男子发生性关系To perform for an audience:为观众表演：例句：give a recital.表演独奏To present to view:提请观看：例句：gave the sign to begin.做一个开始的手势To offer as entertainment:举行：作为消遣提供：例句：give a dinner party.举行晚宴To propose as a toast.干杯，祝酒To be a source of; afford:为…的来源；出产：例句：His remark gave offense. Music gives her pleasure.他的话引起了反击；音乐带给她快乐To cause to catch or be subject to (a disease or bodily condition):传染，使患病：使感染上或（因疾病或身体状况而）患…：例句：The draft gave me a cold.通风口的风使我感冒了To guide or direct, as by persuasion or behavior. Used with an infinitive phrase:促使，引起：通过劝说或行为来带领或指引。用于不定式词组中：例句：You gave me to imagine you approved of my report.你使我认为你赞成我的报告To yield or produce:生产，产出：例句：Cows give milk.母牛产乳To bring forth or bear:生产，结果实：例句：trees that give fruit.结果实的树To produce as a result of calculation:计算产生出来得…：例句：5 × 2 gives '0.5×2得'0To manifest or show:展现出，呈现出：例句：gives promise of brilliance; gave evidence of tampering.呈现出辉煌的前途；出示贿赂的证据To carry out (a physical movement):做（身体的运动）：例句：give a wink; give a start.眨眼；开始To permit one to have or take:规定：允许得到或带走：例句：gave us an hour to finish.规定我们一个小时内完成To take an interest to the extent of:在乎：感兴趣到…的程度：例句：.My dear, I don`t give a damn.(Margaret Mitchell).亲爱的，我根本不在乎.(玛格丽特·米切尔)v.intr.（不及物动词）To make gifts or donations:赠送，捐赠：例句：gives generously to charity.慷慨捐助慈善事业To yield to physical force.屈服于外力To collapse from force or pressure:下陷，断裂：在外力或压力下倒塌，塌陷：例句：The roof gave under the weight of the snow.雪压得屋顶快塌了To yield to change:让步，妥协：屈服以改变：例句：Both sides will have to give on some issues.在一些问题上双方都作了让步To afford access to or a view of; open:通向：提供…的通道或…的景观；开放：例句：The doors give onto a terrace.门可通向阳台Slang To be in progress; happen:【俚语】 在进展中；发生：例句：What givesô发生什么事了ôn.（名词）Capacity or inclination to yield under pressure.支持不住：在压力下屈服的能力或倾向The quality or condition of resilience; springiness:弹性：迅速恢复的质量或条件；弹性：例句：.Fruits that have some give . . . will have more juice than hard ones.(Elizabeth Schneider).弹性充足的水果会比那些硬的水果的液汁要多.(伊丽莎白·斯克尼德)give awayTo make a gift of.使成为礼物To present (a bride) to the bridegroom at a wedding ceremony.在婚礼上将（新娘）交给新郎To reveal or make known, often accidentally.泄露，揭发，经常是偶然地To betray.背叛give backTo return:归还：例句：gave me back my book.把我的书还给我give inTo hand in; submit:递交；呈送：例句：She gave in her report.她递交了报告To cease opposition; yield.停止反对；投降give ofTo devote or contribute:奉献，贡献：例句：She really gave of her time to help. They give of themselves to improve the quality of education.她确实抽出时间来帮忙。为了提高教育质量，他们奉献了自己give offTo send forth; emit:放出；散发出：例句：chemical changes that give off energy.释放能量的化学变化give outTo allow to be known; declare publicly:允许被知道；公开宣布：例句：gave out the bad news.宣告了这个坏消息To send forth; emit:放出；散发出：例句：gave out a steady buzzing.发出持续的嗡嗡声To distribute:分发：例句：gave out the surplus food.分发剩余食品To stop functioning; fail.停止行动；停止作用To become used up or exhausted; run out:用光，耗尽；用尽：例句：Their determination finally gave out.他们最终没了决心give overTo hand over; entrust.托付；委托To devote to a particular purpose or use:投入特殊的目的或用途：例句：gave the day over to merrymaking.整天纵情于寻欢作乐To surrender (oneself) completely; abandon:完全放纵（自己）；放弃：例句：finally gave myself over to grief.最后让自己完全陷入痛苦中give upTo surrender:投降：例句：The suspects gave themselves up.这些嫌疑犯投降了To devote (oneself) completely:将（自己）完全奉献：例句：gave herself up to her work.献身于她自己的工作To cease to do or perform:停止做或执行：例句：gave up their search.停止他们的搜查To desist from; stop:停止；结束：例句：gave up smoking.戒烟To part with; relinquish:让出；放弃：例句：gave up the apartment; gave up all hope.让出公寓；放弃所有的希望To lose hope for:对…失去希望：例句：We had given the dog up as lost.最后我们当那只狗已经走失了而不再存有指望To lose hope of seeing:没有希望见到：例句：We`d given you up an hour ago.一个小时前我们就以为见不到你了To admit defeat.承认失败To abandon what one is doing or planning to do. Often used withon : 中止：放弃某人正在做的或打算做的。常与on 一起用： 例句：gave up on writing the novel.放弃写小说了give a good account of (oneself)To behave or perform creditably.举止或表现值得称赞give birth toTo bear as offspring.生孩子To be the origin of:引起，发生：例句：a hobby that gave birth to a successful business.带来成功事业的业余爱好者give groundTo yield to a more powerful force; retreat.在优势兵力前撤退；撤退give it to【非正式用语】To punish or reprimand severely:严厉惩戒或惩罚：例句：My parents really gave it to me for coming in late.因晚归我父母将我臭骂一顿give or takePlus or minus a small specified amount:增减一很小的数目：例句：The chalet is close to the road, give or take a few hundred yards.这小屋靠近马路，增减几百码而无大变化give rise toTo be the cause or origin of; bring about.引起，来源于；带来give (someone) the eyeTo look at admiringly or invitingly.羡慕地或被吸引地看着give the lie toTo show to be inaccurate or untrue.显现出虚假或不真实To accuse of lying.责备…说谎give up the ghostTo cease living or functioning; die.停止活着或行动；死了give wayTo retreat or withdraw.退却或撤退To yield the right of way:让路：例句：gave way to an oncoming car.给一辆即将过来的汽车让路To relinquish ascendancy or position:放弃优势或地位：例句：as day gives way slowly to night.白天渐渐转为黑夜To collapse from or as if from physical pressure:倒塌：来自外界的压力或好象来自外界压力下倒塌：例句：The ladder gave way.梯子塌了To yield to urging or demand; give in.放弃激励或要求；屈服，让步To abandon oneself:放纵自己：例句：give way to hysteria.变得歇斯底里来源：Middle English given 中古英语 given from Old English giefan 源自 古英语 giefan Old Norse gefa * see ghabh- 古斯堪的纳维亚语 gefa *参见 ghabh-