新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

quit

英  [kwɪt]
    

[VERB]

    PHRASE. 习语
  • call it quits

    1叫停

    If you say that you are going to call it quits, you mean that you have decided to stop doing something or being involved in something.

    双语例句

    例:

    They raised $630,000 through listener donations, and then called it quits.

    他们通过向听众募捐筹集到了63万美元,之后就叫停了。

    VERB. 动词
  • quits , quitting , quit

    1[I 不及物动词] 辞去(工作) , 辞职

    If you quit, or quit your job, you choose to leave it.

    双语例句

    例:

    He quit his job as an office boy.

    他辞去了办公室勤杂员的工作。

    2[T 及物动词] 停止 , 戒烟

    If you quit, or quit smoking, you stop doing it.

    双语例句

    例:

    A nicotine spray can help smokers quit the habit.

    一种尼古丁喷剂可以帮助吸烟者戒烟。

    3[T 及物动词] 彻底离开

    If you quit a place, you leave it completely and do not go back to it.

    双语例句

    例:

    Science fiction writers have long dreamed that humans might one day quit the earth to colonize other planets.

    科幻小说作家们长期以来一直梦想着人类有一天可以离开地球移居到其它星球上。