Meaning
- To stop trying to do something because it is difficult.
- To stop resisting or accept that you cannot win.
- To stop doing or using something, often a habit or addiction.
- To let go of or hand over something valuable.
- To lose hope or stop believing something is possible.
Today's Sentences
01
I won’t give up until I win.
Situation
You’ve lost five times already.
Do you wanna stop?
你已經失敗五次了。
你想要停止嗎？
你想要停止嗎？
Never!
I won’t give up until I win.
絕不放棄！
我不會放棄，直到我贏得勝利。
我不會放棄，直到我贏得勝利。
Even if it takes all night?
即使需要整晚嗎？
Yes.
Sleep is the thing I’m willing to give up.
是的。
睡眠是我願意放棄的事情。
睡眠是我願意放棄的事情。
02
I’m going to give up.
Situation
Come on, one more push-up!
加油，再做一個伏地挺身！
No way.
I’m going to give up before my arms fall off.
不可能。
我會在手臂掉下來之前放棄。
我會在手臂掉下來之前放棄。
Don’t quit now, you’ve got this!
不要放棄，你一定可以做到的！
Easy for you to say.
You’re not the one about to collapse.
這對你來說很容易說。
你又不是那個快要累垮的人。
你又不是那個快要累垮的人。
Writer's Note
"Go on" is an intransitive and inseparable phrasal verb. Let’s go over the breakdown and look closely at the various structures of the inseparable type.
「Go on」是一個不及物且不可分的片語動詞。讓我們來分析一下，仔細看看這種不可分結構的各種形式。
- Intransitive - A phrasal verb that needs an object to complete its meaning.
Structure: "Subject + go on (+ -ing verb / phrase)"
Example 1: He went on working despite being tired.
Example 2: If you go on studying, you’ll eventually pass the exam.
Example 3: He went on cleaning the restaurant after everyone had left.
Note: "Go on" doesn’t take a direct object, but it can be followed by an -ing verb or a phrase showing the action being continued. - Inseparable - When an object cannot be placed between the particle and verb.
Structure: "Subject + go on (+ -ing verb)"
Example 1: She just goes on talking, even when no one is listening.
Note: This structure means to continue an action or behavior.
Structure: "Subject + go on"
Example 2: What’s going on here?
Note: This structure means to take place; to happen.
Structure: "Subject + go on (+ for + time expression)"
Example 3: Her speech went on much longer than expected.
Note: Finally, this structure means to last or continue for a period of time.
Intransitive - 一種需要受詞才能完整意思的片語動詞。
Structure: 「Subject + go on (+ -ing verb / phrase)」
Example 1: He went on working despite being tired.
Example 2: If you go on studying, you’ll eventually pass the exam.
Example 3: He went on cleaning the restaurant after everyone had left.
Note: "Go on" 不接受直接受詞，但可接 -ing 動詞或表示持續動作的片語。
Structure: 「Subject + go on (+ -ing verb / phrase)」
Example 1: He went on working despite being tired.
Example 2: If you go on studying, you’ll eventually pass the exam.
Example 3: He went on cleaning the restaurant after everyone had left.
Note: "Go on" 不接受直接受詞，但可接 -ing 動詞或表示持續動作的片語。
Inseparable - 當一個物件無法置於介詞與動詞之間時。
Structure: 「Subject + go on (+ -ing verb)」
Example 1: She just goes on talking, even when no one is listening.
Note: 此結構表示持續一個動作或行為。
Structure: 「Subject + go on」
Example 2: What’s going on here?
Note: 此結構表示發生；進行中。
Structure: 「Subject + go on (+ for + time expression)」
Example 3: Her speech went on much longer than expected.
Note: 最後，此結構表示持續或延續一段時間。
Structure: 「Subject + go on (+ -ing verb)」
Example 1: She just goes on talking, even when no one is listening.
Note: 此結構表示持續一個動作或行為。
Structure: 「Subject + go on」
Example 2: What’s going on here?
Note: 此結構表示發生；進行中。
Structure: 「Subject + go on (+ for + time expression)」
Example 3: Her speech went on much longer than expected.
Note: 最後，此結構表示持續或延續一段時間。
Related words: To last or continue for a period of time.
Related words: 持續或延續一段時間。
