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。
• It needs a little more patience. don't throw in the towel.
  别放弃，这需要多一点耐心。
• 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。
• Sandy is in last place throughout the marathon but shen doesn't throw in the towel and keeps running.
  珊蒂在整场马拉松比赛中一直位居最后，但她不认输继续跑着。
• Most businesses do not throw in the towel.
  大多数企业没有认输。
• "You don't throw in the towel at the first sign of trouble," he says.
  “你不要在麻烦的第一个征兆出现时扔毛巾，”他说。
• 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。
• We're never going to persuade them so we might as well throw in the towel now.
  我们决不会说服他们，因此我们不妨现在就认输。
• Did you really think I was just gonna throw in the towel?
  你认为我真的就此放弃吗？
• 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。