动词搭配 “give up” 的基本意思是 “放弃，停止做某事”，后面可接名词，即 “give up something”；也可以接现在分词，即 “give up doing something”，意思也是 “停止做某事”。
在谈论改掉不良习惯的语境中，“give up” 还有 “戒掉...” 的含义。比如，“to give up smoking 戒烟”。
- This year, I'm definitely going to give up smoking.
今年，我一定得把烟给戒掉。 - I tried learning to play the guitar, but I didn't like practising so I just gave up.
我试着学弹吉它，但因为不喜欢练习，所以就放弃了。 - Once I saw that film about vegetarianism, it was easy to give up eating meat.
在我看了那部讲素食主义的电影之后，放弃吃肉变得很容易。
