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🇺🇸 /ɡˈɪv/

noun 编号: G00629 牛津3000 BNC #71 COCA #98

give 的核心意思是“把某物、某种作用或某个结果交出去、传递出去”，也可进一步表示“产生、导致、让步”或“在压力下弯曲、松动”。

💡 记忆钩子

把 give 想成一只手把东西向外递：可以递出物品、消息、许可和判断，也可以“递出”一个结果或感受；当受到压力时，东西向外让开，就是“弯曲、松动、塌陷”。

📝 学习建议

先掌握“给某人某物”和“给某人做某事”这两个高频结构，再扩展到“产生、导致”和“让步”等抽象用法。
不要把 give 只理解成中文“给”；它还常表示“发表、产生、估计、导致”以及“在压力下松动”。

📖 中文释义

noun

core 弹性；松动性

📖 这里的 give 不是“给予”，而是东西受到压力后会弯曲、下沉或让开的空间；核心仍是“向外让出一点”。

💡 常用“have some/much/little/no give”表示“有一些、很多、很少或没有弹性”。它通常描述材料或物体的受力反应，不能随意用来表示人的性格柔软。

uncountable

This mattress has just enough give to be comfortable.

这张床垫的弹性刚好，睡起来很舒服。

verb

core 给予；提供

📖 表示把具体物品、抽象事物或帮助递给某人、某处或某个对象，是 give 最基本的用法。

💡 常用“give 某人某物”或“give 某物 to 某人”，也可说“give 某人 advice/help”。当直接宾语是代词时，通常说“give it to him”，而不说“give him it”。

ditransitive

She gave me a useful piece of advice.

她给了我一条有用的建议。

Please give the keys to David.

请把钥匙给大卫。
common 呈现出；散发某种感觉

📖 在口语和网络用语中，give 可以表示某人或某物“呈现出某种气质、感觉或风格”，好像把这种印象递给了旁观者。

💡 常用“give + 名词”或“give + 人 + 某种感觉”的模板，后面接风格、氛围或印象。这个用法很口语、很非正式，中文学习者不要把它误解成真正的物品转移。

ditransitive slang transitive

That velvet jacket is giving old Hollywood.

那件天鹅绒夹克很有老好莱坞的感觉。
common 播出；提供节目

📖 表示电视台、广播台等安排或提供节目、比赛等内容，让观众能够收看或收听。

💡 常用“give + 节目或比赛 + 时间”或“give + 节目 + 播出安排”。这种说法受地区和语体影响，日常英语中也常用 broadcast、show 或 air；不要把它和“给某人一件东西”混为一谈。

transitive

The station gives the evening news at six.

这家电视台在六点播出晚间新闻。
common 估计；预测

📖 表示估计某件事还会持续多久，或某种结果发生的可能性有多大，相当于先“给出”一个判断。

💡 常用“give it + 时间”表示“估计还能持续多久”，也可用“give something a certain chance/probability”。“I give it ten minutes”不是把十分钟交出去，而是“我估计它还能撑十分钟”。

ditransitive

I give the meeting another twenty minutes.

我估计这场会议还要再开二十分钟。
core 在压力下松动；塌陷

📖 这里是“向压力让开”的 give：柱子、地面或其他结构承受不住时发生弯曲、松动或坍塌。

💡 这是不及物用法，通常说“某物 gives under/to pressure”，不能像给予义那样直接接人或物作宾语。它常用于结构、材料或局势突然失去支撑的语境。

intransitive

The old wooden floor gave under his weight.

那块旧木地板承受不住他的体重，塌了下去。
common 通向；通往

📖 表示某个房间、门或通道通向另一个地方，仿佛把人引向那个空间。

💡 常用“give onto/to + 地点”，尤其用于房屋、门窗和建筑布局的描述。这个用法不表示主动“给某地东西”，而是表示空间上的通达关系。

intransitive

The back door gives onto a small garden.

后门通向一个小花园。
rare 可以看到

📖 旧式用法，表示窗户或房间朝向某处并能看到那里。

dated transitive
common 产生；得出

📖 表示某个计算、条件或过程产生一个结果，好像把这个结果“递出来”。

💡 常用“计算或条件 + gives + 结果”的结构，尤其见于数学、科学和正式说明。这里的主语通常不是人，而是数字、公式、方法或过程。

Adding the two figures gives a total of ninety.

把这两个数字相加，结果是九十。
rare 使；让

📖 较旧或正式的用法，表示使某人明白、相信或处于某种状态。
common 使某人产生

📖 表示某事使某人获得某种感受、想法、机会或问题，也就是把一种结果带到某人身上。

💡 常用“give + 人 + 名词”或“give + 人 + 某种感觉/想法”的结构。它和 make 相近，但 give 更突出“带来、造成某种结果”，例如带来希望、压力或选择。

Her explanation gave me a better understanding of the problem.

她的解释让我更好地理解了这个问题。
common 承认；姑且同意

📖 表示承认对方说的某一点确实有道理，即使自己并不完全赞同整体观点。

💡 常用“I'll give you that”表示“这一点我承认”。它通常后接一个让步内容，语气可以是友好的，也可以带有不情愿的承认；不要把它理解成真正给予某物。

I'll give you that the plan is ambitious, but it is too expensive.

我承认这个计划很有野心，但它太贵了。
rare 归于；认定为

📖 较旧或正式地把某种身份、关系或评价归到某人身上。
core 发表；宣布

📖 表示把消息、意见、决定、判断或声音公开递出，让别人听到或知道。

💡 常用“give + speech/answer/opinion/decision/warning”等搭配，也可说“give a shout/cry”。它通常强调正式表达或公开发出，不只是普通地 say 一句话。

The judge gave his decision after a short break.

法官短暂休庭后宣布了决定。
rare 授予；分配

📖 旧式或宗教语境中，表示授予某人权力、许可、命运或土地。

dated
common 献身于；投入于

📖 表示把自己完全投入某项活动、事业或目标，好像把自身交付出去。

💡 常用“give oneself to + 名词”或“give yourself over to + 名词”，语气通常较正式或书面。现代日常英语中，devote oneself to 往往更自然；注意反身代词要和主语一致。

reflexive

After leaving school, she gave herself to caring for her family.

离开学校后，她全心投入照顾家人。
rare 变软；变湿

📖 过时用法，表示物质因受潮或受力而变软、松散或变湿，可看作“向外让开”的物理延伸。

obsolete
rare 流泪；哭泣

📖 过时用法，表示眼睛流泪或哭泣。

obsolete
rare 感到疑虑

📖 过时用法，表示心里产生不安、怀疑或不祥的预感。

obsolete

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📘 英文释义 (WordNet) 共 45 组

proffer (a body part)

同义词集: give

She gave her hand to her little sister

上位: offer, proffer

consent to engage in sexual intercourse with a man

同义词集: give

She gave herself to many men

上位: accept, consent, go for

occur

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what gives?

上位: come about, fall out, go on, hap, happen, occur, pass, pass off, take place

estimate the duration or outcome of something;

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He gave the patient three months to live

I gave him a very good chance at success

上位: approximate, estimate, gauge, guess, judge

dedicate; ;

同义词集: give pay devote

give thought to

give priority to

pay attention to

上位: cerebrate, cogitate, think

inflict as a punishment;

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She gave the boy a good spanking

The judge gave me 10 years

上位: bring down, impose, inflict, visit

allow to have or take

同义词集: give

I give you two minutes to respond

上位: allow, countenance, let, permit

guide or direct, as by behavior of persuasion

同义词集: give

You gave me to think that you agreed with me

上位: lead

submit for consideration, judgment, or use;

同义词集: give

give one's opinion

give an excuse

上位: submit

give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause; ;

同义词集: give dedicate consecrate commit devote

She committed herself to the work of God

give one's talents to a good cause

consecrate your life to the church

上位: apply, employ, use, utilise, utilize 下位: apply, consecrate, vow

offer in good faith

同义词集: give

He gave her his word

上位: pledge

manifest or show;

同义词集: give

This student gives promise of real creativity

The office gave evidence of tampering

上位: evince, express, show

convey or communicate; of a smile, a look, a physical gesture;

同义词集: give throw

Throw a glance

She gave me a dirty look

上位: communicate, intercommunicate

convey, as of a compliment, regards, attention, etc.; bestow; ; ;

同义词集: give pay

Don't pay him any mind

give the orders

Give him my best regards

pay attention

上位: communicate, intercommunicate 下位: extend, offer

bestow;

同义词集: give render

give homage

render thanks

上位: communicate, intercommunicate 下位: dedicate

accord by verdict

同义词集: give

give a decision for the plaintiff

上位: accord, allot, grant

propose

同义词集: give

He gave the first of many toasts at the birthday party

上位: drink, pledge, salute, toast, wassail

give food to;

同义词集: feed give

Feed the starving children in India

don't give the child this tough meat

反义: famish, starve 上位: cater, ply, provide, supply 下位: aliment, breakfast, breastfeed, corn, crop, dine, fodder, force-feed, give suck, graze, inject, lactate, lunch, nourish, nurse, nutrify, pasture, range, suck, suckle, wet-nurse

be flexible under stress of physical force

同义词集: give yield

This material doesn't give

上位: stretch 参见: buckle under, give in, knuckle under, succumb, yield

give or supply; ;

同义词集: render yield return give generate

The cow brings in 5 liters of milk

This year's crop yielded 1,000 bushels of corn

The estate renders some revenue for the family

上位: create, make, produce

cause to happen or be responsible for

同义词集: give yield

His two singles gave the team the victory

上位: create, make

bring about

同义词集: establish give

The trompe l'oeil-illusion establishes depth

上位: create, make 下位: introduce

perform for an audience

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Pollini is giving another concert in New York

上位: perform

present to view

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He gave the sign to start

上位: show

organize or be responsible for; ;

同义词集: hold throw have make give

hold a reception

have, throw, or make a party

give a course

上位: direct

move in order to make room for someone for something;

同义词集: move over give way give ease up yield

The park gave way to a supermarket

`Move over,' he told the crowd

上位: move

break down, literally or metaphorically; ; ; ; ;

同义词集: collapse fall in cave in give give way break founder

The wall collapsed

The business collapsed

The dam broke

The roof collapsed

The wall gave in

The roof finally gave under the weight of the ice

上位: change 下位: break, buckle, crumple, flop, sink, slide down, slump

transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody; ;

同义词集: give

I gave her my money

can you give me lessons?

She gave the children lots of love and tender loving care

反义: take 上位: transfer 下位: accord, administer, allot, allow, bank, bestow, cater, cede, chip in, concede, contribute, deal, deal out, deposit, dish out, dispense, dispense with, distribute, dole out, furnish, give up, grant, heap, kick in, lease, lend, let, loan, lot, mete out, offer, parcel out, part with, pay, ply, present, proffer, provide, render, rent, repay, requite, return, shell out, spare, submit, supply, support, vest, yield 参见: give back, refund, repay, return

leave with; give temporarily;

同义词集: give

Can I give you my keys while I go in the pool?

Can I give you the children for the weekend?

上位: hand, pass, pass on, reach, turn over

give as a present; make a gift of

同义词集: give gift present

What will you give her for her birthday?

下位: bequeath, bung, cede, deed over, deliver, distribute, donate, fee, give out, give up, grant, hand out, leave, pass out, raffle, raffle off, render, submit, surrender, tender, tip, treat, will

place into the hands or custody of; ;

同义词集: pass hand reach pass on turn over give

hand me the spoon, please

Turn the files over to me, please

He turned over the prisoner to his lawyers

上位: transfer 下位: commit, confide, deal, deliver, entrust, fork out, fork over, fork up, free, give up, hand over, intrust, leave, release, relinquish, render, resign, slip, sneak, trust, turn in 参见: communicate, deliver, distribute, fork out, fork over, fork up, give out, hand out, hand over, impart, leave, pass, pass along, pass on, pass out, put across, relegate, render, submit, turn in

convey or reveal information

同义词集: give

Give one's name

上位: say, state, tell 下位: cast, quote

transmit (knowledge or skills); ;

同义词集: impart leave give pass on

give a secret to the Russians

leave your name and address here

impart a new skill to the students

上位: tell 下位: convey

contribute to some cause

同义词集: contribute give chip in kick in

I gave at the office

下位: combine

give or convey physically;

同义词集: give apply

She gave him First Aid

I gave him a punch in the nose

上位: administer, allot, deal, deal out, dish out, dispense, distribute, dole out, lot, mete out, parcel out, shell out 下位: administer, tread

give (as medicine)

同义词集: give

I gave him the drug

上位: administer, dispense

cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense;

同义词集: give

She gave him a black eye

The draft gave me a cold

下位: award, deliver, drive home, grant, infect

bestow, especially officially; ;

同义词集: grant give

grant a degree

give a divorce

This bill grants us new rights

be the cause or source of;

同义词集: yield give afford

He gave me a lot of trouble

Our meeting afforded much interesting information

上位: furnish, provide, render, supply 下位: allow, allow for, leave, open, open up, provide

endure the loss of;

同义词集: sacrifice give

He gave his life for his children

I gave two sons to the war

上位: free, give up, release, relinquish, resign

afford access to;

同义词集: afford open give

the door opens to the patio

The French doors give onto a terrace

deliver in exchange or recompense

同义词集: give

I'll give you three books for four CDs

上位: compensate, indemnify, recompense, repair

emit or utter;

同义词集: give

Give a gulp

give a yelp

上位: emit, let loose, let out, utter

execute and deliver

同义词集: give

Give bond

上位: execute

the elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length

同义词集: give spring springiness

上位: elasticity, snap

🌳 词源

源自中古英语 given，来自古诺尔斯语 gefa，最终与原始日耳曼语中表示“给”的词根有关。

From Middle English given, yeven, yiven, ȝiven, from merger of Old English ġefan, ġeofan, ġiefan, ġifan, ġiofan, ġyfan (“to give”) and Old Norse gefa (“to give”), from Proto-Germanic *gebaną (“to give”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰebʰ- (“to give; to take”). Displaced yive, from Middle English yiven, of the same origin, from influence of Old Norse gefa. Cognates Cognate with Yola gee, ye, yie, yive (“to give”), Scots gie (“to give”), North Frisian gjiuwe, iiv, jiiw, jiw, jeewe (“to give”), West Frisian jaan (“to give”), Alemannic German gë (“to give”), Bavarian gebn (“to give”), Central Franconian jevve (“to give”), Cimbrian gem, ghèban (“to give”), Dutch geven (“to give”), German geben (“to give”), Luxembourgish ginn (“to give”), Vilamovian gaon (“to give”), Yiddish געבן (gebn, “to give”), Danish give (“to give”), Elfdalian djävå (“to give”), Faroese geva (“to give”), Icelandic gefa (“to give”), Norwegian Bokmål gi (“to give”), Norwegian Nynorsk gi, giva, gje, gjeva, gjeve (“to give”), Swedish ge, gifva, giva (“to give”), Gothic 𐌲𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌽 (giban, “to give”); also Greek κεφάλι (kefáli), κεφαλή (kefalí, “head”), Lithuanian gobti (“cover up; to grab, snatch”), Polish gabać (“to touch; to tap; to accost”), Serbo-Croatian ха̏бати, hȁbati (“to abrade, wear out”), Sanskrit गभस्ति (gabhasti, “shining”).

🔄 变式

- imperat gave 1st_sg gavest archaic given past gives present givest archaic giveth archaic giving present

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