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

• Give way to traffic coming from the left.
  让从左边来的车先行。
• 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。
• Excuse me, please give way to the passengers behind you.
  请原谅，请给您后面的乘客让路好么。
• 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。
• The last houses give way to soybean fields.
  最后一批房子也被拆掉用作了大豆地。
• After a long argument, we didn't give way to each other. Finally, she broke up with me.
  经过长时间的争论后，我们彼此都没有作出让步，最后，她和我分手了。
• 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。
• We refused to give way to their demands.
  我们拒绝对他们的要求让步。
• 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。
• Neither was willing to give way, so they kept on quarrelling.
  他们俩各不相让，吵闹不休。