give up the ghost
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字面意思為死亡時從體内釋出靈魂。來自中古英語 "gaf up þe gost","ʒave up þe gost",来自古英語短語如"hēo āġeaf hire gāst"(字面意思為她放棄了她的靈魂),"þæt iċ gāst mīnne āġifan mōte"(字面意思為我必須放棄我的靈魂)等。对比德語 den Geist aufgeben和荷蘭語 de geest geven。
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give up the ghost (第三人稱單數簡單現在時 gives up the ghost,現在分詞 giving up the ghost,過去式 gave up the ghost,過去分詞 given up the ghost)
- (不及物,俗語) 死;斷氣;見閻王
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Mark 15:37:
- And Ieſus cryed with a loude voice, and gaue vp the ghoſt.
- 耶穌大聲喊叫,氣就斷了。
- (不及物,俗語,比喻義) 壞了,不能運作
- My old computer finally gave up the ghost the other day.
- 前幾天我的舊電腦終於壞了。
- (不及物,後接of) 放棄對……的希望
- 1993 2月 8, “A Magical History Tour”, 出自 Time:
- But McCartney, 50, is hardly ready to give up the ghost of his creative past.
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- 1995, Bad Boys
- Burnett holds the door while Lowrey holds Francine. She's broken, crying, and giving up the ghost of her past.
- 2000 1月 14, Kevin Maney, “Gates closes an era Microsoft prepares to lay out a road map”, 出自 USA Today:
- Its Windows CE, ostensibly for consumer electronics, is flailing, largely because Microsoft has taken a PC mentality to develop CE, unable to give up the ghost of its heritage.
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