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。
• When you join a main road, remember to give way.
  当你开进一条大道时，记住让路。
• The house cannot give way to the king on this matter!
  议院不应该在这个问题上对国王让步！
• The last houses give way to soybean fields.
  最后一批房子也被拆掉用作了大豆地。
• He refused to give way on any of the points.
  他拒绝在任何一点上让步。
• Give way to traffic coming from the left.
  让从左边来的车先行。
• This is clearly symbolic: we lose contact with our true nature when we give way to acts of aggression, anger and harmfulness.
  这是明显象征性的：我们失去了和我们本性联系的机会并且我们让位给侵略，愤怒和伤害。
• 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。
• Would you give way to other passengers please?
  请侧身一下，让其他旅客先过。
• 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。