give way

英 [ɡɪv weɪ]

美 [ɡɪv weɪ]

倒塌; 忍不住…了出来; 划起来; (价格)跌落

经济

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

• 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。
• When you join a main road, remember to give way to vehicles which are already on it.
  当你开进一条大道时，记住给已经在这条路上的车辆让路。
• The first goat said as he was in the right and would not give way.
  第一只羊说。他觉得自己是对的，所以他不肯让路。
• 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。
• Decaying forces give way to new rising forces.
  腐朽的势力让位于新生的势力。
• Sometimes it feels as if it will give way.
  有时觉得仿佛要断了。
• When you join a main road, remember to give way.
  当你开进一条大道时，记住让路。
• It should be an interesting argument, as both politicians are known for sticking to their guns, and neither is likely to give way to the other.
  这次辩论一定很有意思，因为两位政治家都以坚持己见闻名，谁都不大可能向对方让步。
• He destroyed Real Madrid and gave wings to a Barcelona side that had begun to give way.
  他毁灭了皇家马德里并让其给巴塞罗那让路，更给予了巴塞罗那一对翅膀以飞翔。
• Anecdotes and opinions of anyone, even of senior and distinguished colleagues, have to give way to evidence.
  任何人的轶事和意见，哪怕是来自资深和著名的同事，都需给证据让路。