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give and take
give-and-take also give and take (gĭv′ən-tāk′)n.1. The practice of compromise.2. Lively exchange of ideas or conversation: "the raucous give and take of American democracy" (Charles Kuralt).Thesaurus| Verb | 1.give and take - make mutual concessions; "In life you have to give and take"compromise - make a compromise; arrive at a compromise; "nobody will get everything he wants; we all must compromise" |
Translationsgive (giv) – past tense gave (geiv) : past participle ˈgiven – verb1. to cause to have. My aunt gave me a book for Christmas; Can you give me an opinion on this? 給 给2. to produce (something). Cows give milk but horses do not; He gave a talk on his travels. 生產 生产3. to yield, bend, break etc. This lock looks solid, but it will give under pressure. 屈服，彎曲，斷裂 屈服，弯曲，断裂 4. to organize (some event etc). We're giving a party next week. 籌辦(活動等) 组织（活动等） noun the ability to yield or bend under pressure. This chair has a lot of give in it. 伸展性 可弯性ˈgiven adjective1. stated. to do a job at a given time. 特定的 一定的2. (with to) in the habit of (doing) something. He's given to making stupid remarks. 習慣的 习惯的3. taking (something) as a fact. Given that x equals three, x plus two equals five. 假定的 假定的，已知的 given name (American) a personal or christian name. 名字，教名 名字，教名 give and take willingness to allow someone something in return for being allowed something oneself. 有來有往 公平交换give away1. to give etc (something) to someone (eg because one no longer wants it). I'm going to give all my money away. (將不需要的東西)送人 送掉2. to cause or allow (information etc) to become known usually accidentally. He gave away our hiding-place (noun ˈgive-away: the lingering smell was a give-away). 洩露 泄露give back to return something. She gave me back the book that she borrowed last week. 歸還 归还give in1. to stop fighting and admit defeat; to yield. The soldiers were outnumbered and gave in to the enemy. 投降 投降2. to hand or bring (something) to someone (often a person in authority). Do we have to give in our books at the end of the lesson? 繳回 上交give off to produce. That fire is giving off a lot of smoke. 產生 产生give or take allowing for the addition or subtraction of. I weigh sixty-five kilos, give or take a little (= approximately sixty-five kilos). 大約 或多或少，允许有...的小误差 give out1. to give, usually to several people. The headmaster's wife gave out the school prizes. 分發 分发2. to come to an end. My patience gave out. 用盡 用尽3. to produce. The fire gave out a lot of heat. 產生 产生give rise to to cause. This gives rise to a large number of problems. 引起 引起give up1. to stop, abandon. I must give up smoking; They gave up the search. 停止 停止2. to stop using etc. You'll have to give up cigarettes; I won't give up all my hobbies for you. 戒除，放棄 放弃3. to hand over (eg oneself or something that one has) to someone else. 讓與 让与4. to devote (time etc) to doing something. He gave up all his time to gardening. 花(時間等)做某事 使埋头于5. (often with as or for) to consider (a person, thing etc) to be. You took so long to arrive that we had almost given you up (for lost). 以為 认为（某人，某事）已无指望 give way1. to stop in order to allow eg traffic to pass. Give way to traffic coming from the right. 讓路 让路2. to break, collapse etc under pressure. The bridge will give way any day now. 塌陷 塌陷3. to agree against one's will. I have no intention of giving way to demands like that. 讓步 让步give and take
give and take1. noun The exchange of mutual compromise or concession; negotiation, bargaining, and/or compromise. Sometimes hyphenated. There's always going to be some give and take when new legislation is introduced in politics. You won't get far in this business if you aren't willing to allow a little give-and-take with your competitors.2. noun Lively two-way discussion; the exchange of ideas or conversation. Sometimes hyphenated. The purpose of this meeting is to have a bit of give-and-take between employees and the management for ideas on the direction of the company.3. verb To compromise or concede; to negotiate, bargain, and/or compromise. You have to be willing to give and take when you enter politics, otherwise nothing will ever get done.4. verb To engage in lively two-way discussion; to exchange ideas or conversation. The university has set up an online forum so students are able to give and take with the administration.See also: and, give, takelot of give-and-take 1. Fig. a lot of two-way discussion. It was a good meeting. There was a lot of give-and-take, and we all learned. 2. Fig. a lot of negotiating and bargaining. After an afternoon of give-and-take, we were finally able to put all the details into an agreement.See also: lot, ofgive and take1. The practice of compromise, as in Every contract involves some give and take. This expression was first recorded in 1778, although the verbal idiom, to give and take, was used from the early 1500s. 2. Lively exchange of ideas or conversation, as in The legislature is famous for raucous give and take. [Second half of 1800s] See also: and, give, takegive and take COMMON If you talk about give and take, you mean the way in which two people or groups in a relationship accept that they cannot have everything that they want and that they must sometimes give the other person or group what they want. All good partnerships involve a bit of give and take. There is usually a fair amount of give and take in a trading relationship. Note: You can use give-and-take before a noun. You never get everything you wish for in these give-and-take situations.See also: and, give, takegive and take 1 mutual concessions and compromises. 2 exchange of words and views.See also: and, give, takeˌgive and ˈtake be willing to listen to other people’s wishes and points of view and to change your demands, if this is necessary: If we want this marriage to be successful, we both have to learn to give and take. ▶ ˌgive and ˈtake noun: We can’t all expect to have exactly what we want. There has to be some give and take.See also: and, give, takegive and takeMutual concessions; a fair exchange. Used as a noun, this expression dates from the eighteenth century. (The verbal form, to give and take, dates from the early 1500s.) One writer believes the phrase originated in British racing and denoted a prize for a race in which larger horses carried more weight and smaller ones less than the standard. “Give and take is fair in all nations,” wrote Fannie Burney in Evelina (1778), echoed in T. C. Haliburton’s Wise Saws (1843): “Give and take, live and let live, that’s the word.” See also live and let live.See also: and, give, takeAcronymsSeeG&Tgive and take
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