1、give up

放棄；戒除

Coastguards had given up all hope of finding the two divers alive.

海岸警衛(wèi)隊對兩位潛水員生還已完全不抱希望。

smokers who give up before 30.

30歲以前戒煙的人

辭去（工作）

She gave up her job to join her husband's campaign.

她辭去工作，加入到丈夫的宣傳活動中。

He is thinking of giving up teaching.

他在考慮辭去教書的工作。

把…讓給

Georgia refuses to give up any territory.

格魯吉亞拒絕出讓任何領(lǐng)土。

One of the men with him gave up his place on the bench.

他的一個同伴將長椅上的位子讓了出來。

2、associate

聯(lián)系;聯(lián)想

Through science we've got the idea of associating progress with the future.

通過科學(xué)我們知道了應(yīng)該把進(jìn)步和未來聯(lián)系起來。

Rap groups have been barred from large musical events because they are associated with vandalism.

說唱組合被禁止參加大型的音樂活動，因為他們使人聯(lián)想到肆意破壞公共財產(chǎn)的行為。

使與（某個組織、事業(yè)或觀點(diǎn)）有關(guān)系;公開支持

I haven't been associated with the project over the last year.

我去年一直沒有參與那個項目。

The press feels the need to associate itself with the green movement.

媒體感到有必要支持綠色運(yùn)動。

與…為伍;與…交往;與…廝混

What would they think if they knew that they were associating with a murderer?

如果他們知道自己正在與一個殺人犯為伍會怎么想?

They disapproved of her dancing at discos and associating with homosexuals.

他們不同意她在迪斯科舞廳跳舞并和同性戀鬼混。