Zi 字媒體

在《新概念英語》經典版第二冊第18課的難點部分（Special difficulties）里，出現了有關give的動詞短語的用法，在此做個匯總分享。一、give in該短語表示「屈服；投降；讓步；呈交」。如：I won't give in in any instance. （ 在任何情況下我都不會屈服。）The enemy were forced to give in. （敵人被迫投降。）He told me plump that he would not give in. （他直截了當告訴我,他決不讓步。）Give in your examination papers now. （現在把考卷交上來。）【注意】give in後面會再接介詞to，表示「屈服於」。如：Give in your examination papers now. （現在把考卷交上來。）The employer is obliged to give in to his employee. （僱主被迫向他的僱員們讓步。）二、give away該短語表示「贈送；背叛」。如：He decided to give away everything he possessed and become a monk. （他決定放棄他所有的一切，出家為僧。）He gave away his books to a circulating library. （他把自己的書籍損贈給一家循環圖書館。）She gave away state secrets to the enemy. （她將國家機密泄露給敵人了。）He was given away by one of his accomplices. （他被他的一個同謀者出賣了。）三、give up該短語表示「放棄；戒除；交出」。如：She won't give up easily: she's a real fighter. （她不會輕易放棄的，她十分頑強。）He will give up smoking for good and all. （他再也不吸煙了。）He had to give his passport up to the authorities. （他得把護照交給當局。）【注意】give oneself up to sb.，表示「向某人投降」。如：Three of our officers gave themselves up to the enemy. （我方的三名軍官向敵人投降了。）四、give back該短語表示「歸還；恢復」。如：I must give back the two books to the library before Friday. （星期五之前我必須把這兩本書歸還圖書館。）Living here has given back my health. （在這裡居住使我恢復了健康。）五、更多常用的give短語（一）give off/give out這兩個短語都表示「發出；散發」，兩者經常可以互換，但如果非要加以區分，give off多指發出可見的東西，如光或煙霧等，而give out多指發出不可見的東西，如氣味或熱量等。如：When wine is fermented, it gives off bubbles of gas. （酒發酵時會放出氣泡。）The radiator is giving out a lot of heat. （散熱器釋放出很多熱量。）【注意】give out也可以表示「公布」。如：The news of the President's death was given out in a radio broadcast. （總統逝世的消息已在電台上播出了。）（二）give rise to該短語表示「導致；引起」，to是個介詞。如：Her disappearance gave rise to the wildest rumours. （她失蹤一事引起了各種流言蜚語。Many of these obligations can give rise to problems and complications. （許多這樣的義務會引起各種問題和糾紛。）（三）give birth to該短語表示「生孩子；引起」，to是個介詞。如：The ewe gave birth to only one lamb. （這母羊只產了一個羊羔。）The traffic accident gave birth to a chain of events. （交通事故引起了一連串的事件。）如果覺得好，歡迎繼續關注廖懷寶的原創「新概念英語的教學」！