Engelsk udsagnsord: quit | |||
1. | quit (om tilstand) put an end to a state or an activity | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | Quit teasing your little brother. | ||
Eksempler på anvendelse | They quit moving | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | cease, discontinue, give up, lay off, stop | ||
Anvendelsesmønster | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something. Somebody ----s VERB-ing | ||
Mere specifikke termer | break, call it a day, call it quits, cheese, close off, drop, knock off, leave off, pull the plug, retire, shut off, sign off, withdraw | ||
Termer med modsat betydning (antonymer) | preserve, uphold, carry on, continue, bear on | ||
2. | quit (om adfærd) give up or retire from a position | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | The Secretary of the Navy will leave office next month. The chairman resigned over the financial scandal. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | leave office, resign, step down | ||
Anvendelsesmønster | Somebody ----s | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | depart, leave, pull up stakes | ||
Mere specifikke termer | fall, give up, renounce, resign, retire, top out, vacate | ||
Termer med modsat betydning (antonymer) | take office | ||
3. | quit (om bevægelse) go away or leave | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | depart, take leave | ||
Anvendelsesmønster | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s PP | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | go away, go forth, leave | ||
Mere specifikke termer | beat a retreat, break camp, congee, decamp, plump out, walk out of | ||
Termer med modsat betydning (antonymer) | stay | ||
4. | quit (om forhold) turn away from; give up | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | I am foreswearing women forever. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | foreswear, relinquish, renounce | ||
Anvendelsesmønster | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | abandon, give up | ||
Mere specifikke termer | disclaim | ||
5. | quit (om konkurrence) give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | In the second round, the challenger gave up. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | chuck up the sponge, drop by the wayside, drop out, fall by the wayside, give up, throw in, throw in the towel | ||
Anvendelsesmønster | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s PP | ||
Termer med modsat betydning (antonymer) | enter, participate | ||