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

• He destroyed Real Madrid and gave wings to a Barcelona side that had begun to give way.
  他毁灭了皇家马德里并让其给巴塞罗那让路，更给予了巴塞罗那一对翅膀以飞翔。
• He refused to give way on any of the points.
  他拒绝在任何一点上让步。
• 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。
• 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。
• We refused to give way to their demands.
  我们拒绝对他们的要求让步。
• 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。
• Decaying forces give way to new rising forces.
  腐朽的势力让位于新生的势力。
• Would you give way to other passengers please?
  请侧身一下，让其他旅客先过。
• 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。
• 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。