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单词 quitter
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Definition of quitter in English:

quitter

noun ˈkwɪtəˈkwɪdər
informal
  • usually with negative A person who gives up easily or does not have the courage or determination to finish a task.

    he's no quitter
    Example sentencesExamples
    • But sometimes that attitude makes me a quitter.
    • In retrospect it might have been worth conceding the point and paying that extra penny but I've never been a quitter and some things, like holding people to their pledges, are worth making a stand for.
    • ‘I didn't want to go back a loser,’ he said with that steely determination that separates the survivors from the quitters.
    • We can't be quitters, because we've done that enough.
    • When asked about stopping I always say, ‘My mother didn't raise a quitter.’
    • Never let it be said that the British are quitters.
    • It was hard to believe that the man responsible for some of the theatre's most arresting stage moments, not to mention the baroque decoration of the foyer and the cool elegance of the posters and programmes, could be a quitter.
    • I may be a neurotic slacker set in my ways but I'm not a quitter - a little contradictory I know but they'll have to literally throw me off the course before I finally accept total academic defeat.
    • She said: ‘I'm not a quitter and I intend to fight this all the way.’
    • I'm not one of life's quitters and neither is she.
    • But it's never good to drop out of a race and I'm not a quitter.
    • Well… they underestimated me because I am a fighter and not a quitter.
    • But, there is a simple philosophy that I always use and I drill into my students from their first day in first year and that's ‘never quit because quitter never wins anything’.
    • It will be a tough job but I've never been a quitter in my playing career and I certainly won't be a quitter it in my coaching career.
    • This is not a game for wimps, quitters, or the easily-bruised: there will be no quick fixes.
    • I asked my dad if he thought I was a quitter and he said ‘Oh no honey, I don't think you're a quitter, I think you're a bad decision maker.’
    • As the great quitter memorably put it: ‘They're the second-best team in the world, and there's no greater praise than that.’
    • ‘Winners never quit and quitters never win,’ says one.
    • Tom was never a quitter and his pure determination and faith were very prominent.
    • Because I said I would, and if I give in I'll be a quitter.

Rhymes

bitter, committer, critter, embitter, emitter, fitter, flitter, fritter, glitter, gritter, hitter, jitter, knitter, litter, permitter, pitta, remitter, sitter, skitter, slitter, spitter, splitter, submitter, titter, transmitter, twitter, witter
 
 

Definition of quitter in US English:

quitter

nounˈkwidərˈkwɪdər
informal
  • usually with negative A person who gives up easily or does not have the courage or determination to finish a task.

    he's no quitter
    Example sentencesExamples
    • ‘I didn't want to go back a loser,’ he said with that steely determination that separates the survivors from the quitters.
    • Because I said I would, and if I give in I'll be a quitter.
    • But it's never good to drop out of a race and I'm not a quitter.
    • Well… they underestimated me because I am a fighter and not a quitter.
    • As the great quitter memorably put it: ‘They're the second-best team in the world, and there's no greater praise than that.’
    • Never let it be said that the British are quitters.
    • I asked my dad if he thought I was a quitter and he said ‘Oh no honey, I don't think you're a quitter, I think you're a bad decision maker.’
    • We can't be quitters, because we've done that enough.
    • When asked about stopping I always say, ‘My mother didn't raise a quitter.’
    • But sometimes that attitude makes me a quitter.
    • It was hard to believe that the man responsible for some of the theatre's most arresting stage moments, not to mention the baroque decoration of the foyer and the cool elegance of the posters and programmes, could be a quitter.
    • Tom was never a quitter and his pure determination and faith were very prominent.
    • She said: ‘I'm not a quitter and I intend to fight this all the way.’
    • It will be a tough job but I've never been a quitter in my playing career and I certainly won't be a quitter it in my coaching career.
    • But, there is a simple philosophy that I always use and I drill into my students from their first day in first year and that's ‘never quit because quitter never wins anything’.
    • I may be a neurotic slacker set in my ways but I'm not a quitter - a little contradictory I know but they'll have to literally throw me off the course before I finally accept total academic defeat.
    • This is not a game for wimps, quitters, or the easily-bruised: there will be no quick fixes.
    • I'm not one of life's quitters and neither is she.
    • In retrospect it might have been worth conceding the point and paying that extra penny but I've never been a quitter and some things, like holding people to their pledges, are worth making a stand for.
    • ‘Winners never quit and quitters never win,’ says one.
 
 
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