| 单词 | quit |
| 释义 | quit (kwɪt ) Word forms: quits , quitting language note: The form quit is used in the present tense and is the past tense and past participle. 1. verb B1+ If you quit your job, you choose to leave it. [informal] He quit his job as an office boy in Athens. [VERB noun] He figured he would quit before Johnson fired him. [VERB] Synonyms: resign (from), leave, retire (from), pull out (of) 2. verb B1+ If you quit an activity or quit doing something, you stop doing it. [mainly US] A nicotine spray can help smokers quit the habit. [VERB noun] I was trying to quit smoking at the time. [VERB verb-ing] Synonyms: stop, give up, cease, end 3. verb B2 If you quit a place, you leave it completely and do not go back to it. ...the idea that humans might one day quit the earth to colonise other planets. [VERB noun] Police were called when he refused to quit the building. [VERB noun] Synonyms: leave, depart from, go out of, abandon 4. to call it quits phrase 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. They raised $630,000 through listener donations, and then called it quits. Peter Buckley called it quits after his 300th contest. Collocations: quit smoking But he has taken at least one huge plus from their time apart - he has finally quit smoking. The Sun He added that he was finding it harder to quit smoking. Times, Sunday Times For milder symptoms, ensure you quit smoking and avoid draughts and changes in temperature. Times, Sunday Times Now you can quit smoking or help a relative to do so. The Sun Let's take a few moments to anchor this feeling of unstoppable determination to your decision to quit smoking for ever. Times, Sunday Times By now she had quit teaching and was working in a theatre parttime. The Sun He has quit teaching and decided to have another crack at acting. Times, Sunday Times When she quit teaching, she decided to come clean. The Sun The 38-yearold has since quit teaching. The Sun In 1963, he decided to quit teaching and devote his life to writing. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The injury-hit ace, 29, quit tennis last year after an ankle operation. The Sun This fact was the turning point of his career and made him decide to quit tennis and focus on sailing. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 She later said this run caused her to consider quitting tennis. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It found that e-cigarette use helped at least 20,000 people to quit tobacco every year. Times, Sunday Times It's 95 per cent less harmful than smoking, it's helping people to quit tobacco and there's no evidence it's a gateway into smoking: rather the reverse. Times, Sunday Times Electronic cigarettes were not regularly associated with trying to quit tobacco among young people. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Experts said it would offer a new way of quitting tobacco — and it could be on the market in less than a decade. The Sun Translations: Chinese: 离开 Japanese: やめる よす |
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