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

• When you join a main road, remember to give way.
  当你开进一条大道时，记住让路。
• The financial ingenuity will have to give way to realism – especially with Saturn now in Virgo.
  金融智慧将不得不让位于现实主义-尤其是土星在室女座了。
• Decaying forces give way to new rising forces.
  腐朽的势力让位于新生的势力。
• 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。
• 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。
• The idea of this set phrase is to give way to somebody in order to avoid a conflict.
  这则成语的意思就是给他人一个合适的距离以避免冲突。
• Neither was willing to give way, so they kept on quarrelling.
  他们俩各不相让，吵闹不休。
• He should give way to a younger, more decisive leader.
  他应该让位于更年轻、更有决断力的领导者。
• The house cannot give way to the king on this matter!
  议院不应该在这个问题上对国王让步！
• We refused to give way to their demands.
  我们拒绝对他们的要求让步。