quitting是什么意思？

quitting

英[kwɪtɪŋ] 美[kwɪtɪŋ]

• v. 离开（quit的现在分词形式），放弃，停止；

例句

• When he said he was quitting school, I did a double take. 他说要退学, 我吃了一惊,后来才恍然大悟.
• Mr. Ben was thinking about quitting his job, but I told him not to go off at half cock. 本先生想要辞掉工作, 可我告诉他不要仓促行事.
• They roundly denounced him for quitting. 他们严厉地斥责他擅自离去.
• Yesterday she announced that she is quitting her job. 昨天她宣布打算辞职。

英语四级真题

Why is the man quitting his job?
出自-2014年6月听力原文
He is thinking of quitting it
出自-2014年6月听力原文

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• VERB
  放弃，辞去(工作)
  If you quit your job, you choose to leave it.
  例句
  He quit his job as an office boy in Athens... 他辞去了在雅典当办公室勤杂工的工作。 He figured he would quit before Johnson fired him. 他估计自己会在约翰逊炒他鱿鱼之前先辞职。
• VERB
  停止;退出;放弃
  If you quit an activity or quit doing something, you stop doing it.
  例句
  A nicotine spray can help smokers quit the habit without putting on weight... 尼古丁喷雾剂能够帮助吸烟者在不增加体重的同时戒烟。 I was trying to quit smoking at the time. 当时我正在努力戒烟。
• VERB
  离开(某地)
  If you quit a place, you leave it completely and do not go back to it.
  例句
  ...the idea that humans might one day quit the earth to colonise other planets... 人类有朝一日可能会离开地球到其他星球定居繁衍的想法 Police were called when he refused to quit the building. 他拒绝离开那座大楼，于是人们叫来了警察。
• PHRASE
  决定结束;就此了结
  If you say that you are going to call it quits, you mean that you have decided to stop doing something or being involved in something.
  例句
  They raised $630,000 through listener donations, and then called it quits... 他们通过听众捐款的方式筹集了63万美元后宣告结束。 You can decide whether there is hope in working for mutual happiness, or if you should call it quits. 你可以决定是否有希望为双方共同的幸福努力，或者就此一刀两断。