give up

やめる、諦める

活動をやめたり、人や物事の成功を期待するのをやめたりすること。

やさしい英語で： If you do this, you stop an activity or stop hoping that someone or something will succeed.

• She gave up smoking.
• We have not given up hope.
• Why did you give up on the project?

使い方： give up doing something (She gave up smoking last year.); give up on someone/something (Please do not give up on me.); give something up (He enjoyed running but gave it up after an injury.)

類義語： quit, stop, abandon

反対語： continue, persist

よく使う表現： give up smoking, give up hope, give up on someone

手放す、譲る、放棄する

自分が持ち、使い、管理しているものを他の人に譲ること。

やさしい英語で： If you do this, you let someone else have something you own, use, or control.

• I will not give up my seat.
• They gave up their land to the state.
• Would you give up control of the business?

使い方： give something up (They refused to give their land up.); give something up to someone (He gave his seat up to an elderly passenger.)

類義語： relinquish, surrender, hand over

反対語： keep

よく使う表現： give up something, give up your seat, give up control, give up a claim

降参する、諦める

勝てない、成功できないと認め、戦いや努力をやめること。

やさしい英語で： If you do this, you accept that you cannot win or succeed and stop fighting or trying.

• I give up. What is the answer?
• The soldiers gave up after three days.
• Are you going to give up so easily?

類義語： surrender, concede, yield

反対語： resist

よく使う表現： give up easily, never give up, give up the fight

引き渡す、密告する

人を当局に引き渡したり、犯罪をした人が誰かを知らせたりすること。

やさしい英語で： If you do this, you hand someone over to the authorities or tell them who broke the law.

• He gave himself up to the police.
• She refused to give up her accomplice.
• Will they give the wanted man up to the authorities?

使い方： give oneself up (The fugitive gave himself up at the police station.); give someone up to someone (She refused to give him up to the police.)

類義語： hand over, turn in, inform on

よく使う表現： give up someone, give up an accomplice, give up the suspect