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give up the ghost

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字面意思為死亡時從體內釋出靈魂。來自中古英語 "gaf up þe gost","ʒave up þe gost",來自古英語短語如"hēo āġeaf hire gāst"(字面意思為她放棄了她的靈魂),"þæt iċ gāst mīnne āġifan mōte"(字面意思為我必須放棄我的靈魂)等。對比德語 den Geist aufgeben荷蘭語 de geest geven

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give up the ghost (第三人稱單數簡單現在時 gives up the ghost,現在分詞 giving up the ghost,過去式 gave up the ghost,過去分詞 given up the ghost)

  1. (不及物俗語) 斷氣見閻王
    近義詞:yield up the ghostyield the ghost;亦參見Thesaurus:die
  2. (不及物俗語比喻義) 了,不能運作
    My old computer finally gave up the ghost the other day.
    前幾天我的舊電腦終於壞了
  3. (不及物後接of) 放棄對……的希望
    • 1993年2月8日, 「A Magical History Tour」, 出自 Time:
      But McCartney, 50, is hardly ready to give up the ghost of his creative past.
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    • 1995, Bad Boys
      Burnett holds the door while Lowrey holds Francine. She's broken, crying, and giving up the ghost of her past.
    • 2000年1月14日, Kevin Maney, 「Gates closes an era Microsoft prepares to lay out a road map」, 出自 USA Today:
      Its Windows CE, ostensibly for consumer electronics, is flailing, largely because Microsoft has taken a PC mentality to develop CE, unable to give up the ghost of its heritage.
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