give up the ghost
基本解釋
- 死，斷氣
英漢例句
- E. g. What if she found die before I got home, give up the ghost and pass on, alone in the dark?
如果她在我到家之前死去，獨自去往另一個世界怎么辦？
enook.cn - I need money to buy a new car. My old one is twelve years old and I'm afraid it's ready to give up the ghost .
我需求錢去買一輛新車。我那輛老的汽車曾經(jīng)開了十二年，恐怕是要完蛋了。 - Long before our present television sets give up the ghost, many of today’s broadcasters will be dead and buried—and most of us will be receiving our television pictures direct from the internet.
我們現(xiàn)在的電視機很快就要退出歷史舞臺了，今天的廣播電視運營商多數(shù)將會被遺忘——我們大多數(shù)人都將直接從互聯(lián)網(wǎng)收看電視。 - It is hardly evident that the prosecutors will give up the ghost.
FORBES: When 'Honest Services' Prosecution Turns into Persecution - Wait for his fans to give up the ghost.
FORBES: Connect - Panasonic wants that level of survivability in its SDHC and SDXC cards, and its new UHS-I-level SDAB and SDUB lines are tested for the kind of abuse that could see the camera give up the ghost first.
ENGADGET: Panasonic preps SD cards that survive heat, water and X-rays, will probably outlast you
雙語例句
權威例句
英英字典
- to die
- If a machine gives up the ghost, it stops working.
- to stop trying to do something because you know that you will not succeed