throw in the towel

英 [θrəʊ ɪn ðə ˈtaʊəl]

美 [θroʊ ɪn ðə ˈtaʊəl]

承认失败;认输

英英释义

verb

• give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope
  1. In the second round, the challenger gave up
  Synonym:drop outgive upfall by the waysidedrop by the waysidethrow inquitchuck up the sponge

双语例句

• Or, if things are really bad, they may say they have to throw in the towel.
  或者，如果事情真的很糟糕，他们可能会说要认输了。
• Don't beat yourself up, and don't throw in the towel.
  千万别自己打击自己。也千万不要轻言放弃，承认失败。
• Word expert Charles Funk says an eighteen seventy-four publication called the Slang Dictionary explains throwing in the towel.
  词汇专家查尔斯·芬克说，一本1874年出版的俚语词典解释了throwinthetowel这句短语。
• It is easy to throw in the towel when faced with a barrage of bad news.
  面对接二连三的坏消息，人们很容易举起白旗。
• I refuse to throw in the towel because conditions will change.
  我拒绝放弃，因为情况会变化。
• Did you really think I was just gonna throw in the towel?
  你认为我真的就此放弃吗？
• The Campbells decided to throw in the towel.
  坎培尔夫妇决定放弃。
• However, a financially happy person knows that life happens and they don't quickly throw in the towel.
  不过他们知道生活多起伏，不会马上认输的。
• How hard should a web designer fight for a good design decision before they throw in the towel and let a bad design decision happen?
  在设计师们认输并采用一个糟糕的设计策略之前，他应该做出多少努力来维护他的良好的设计决策呢？
• So, why is it so hard to throw in the towel, even when on some level you know you should?
  那么，为什么人们很难主动放弃或者认输，哪怕自己心里已经感到力有不逮？