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

• When they found out he was receiving bribes, the senator knew it was time to throw in the towel.
  当他们发现他收受贿赂时，那参议员明白收场的时候到了。
• 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。
• Remember that it was in the years following the 1987 Black Monday crash that Japanese assets went from being expensive to absurdly overvalued and the Nikkei's dizzy rise to 39,000 forced the bears to throw in the towel.
  记得在1987年黑色星期一股灾过后的几年里，日本的资产价格从昂贵发展到高得离谱，日经指数令人眩晕地飙升至39000点，令看空者大跌眼镜。
• Every successful person has faced many fears, made many mistakes, and wanted to throw in the towel countless times.
  每一位成功者都面临过无数的恐惧，犯过许多的错误，有过很多时候想认输。
• 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。
• When you throw in the towel, you admit defeat.
  当你把毛巾扔下，你就是承认输了。
• It's a bit early to throw in the towel& you've only just started the job.
  现在放弃为时尚早&你才刚刚开始这项工作。
• 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？
• Did you really think I was just gonna throw in the towel?
  你认为我真的就此放弃吗？
• 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。