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

• Anecdotes and opinions of anyone, even of senior and distinguished colleagues, have to give way to evidence.
  任何人的轶事和意见，哪怕是来自资深和著名的同事，都需给证据让路。
• Would you give way to other passengers please?
  请侧身一下，让其他旅客先过。
• 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。
• We refused to give way to their demands.
  我们拒绝对他们的要求让步。
• The last houses give way to soybean fields.
  最后一批房子也被拆掉用作了大豆地。
• Some people think the period of transition is too long and give way to impatience.
  有人认为过渡时期太长了，发生急躁情绪。
• Excuse me, please give way to the passengers behind you.
  请原谅，请给您后面的乘客让路好么。
• 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。
• It should be an interesting argument, as both politicians are known for sticking to their guns, and neither is likely to give way to the other.
  这次辩论一定很有意思，因为两位政治家都以坚持己见闻名，谁都不大可能向对方让步。