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

• 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。
• It "s time we got this straight. I know it" s killing you inside, but you might as well throw in the towel.
  是时候打开天窗说亮话了。我知道这会让你很痛苦，但你还是认输吧。
• I refuse to throw in the towel because conditions will change.
  我拒绝放弃，因为情况会变化。
• When you throw in the towel, you admit defeat.
  当你把毛巾扔下，你就是承认输了。
• Now comes word that some of its dealers are ready to throw in the towel.
  现在有传言说，部分萨博的经销商已经打算洗手不干了。
• Or, if things are really bad, they may say they have to throw in the towel.
  或者，如果事情真的很糟糕，他们可能会说要认输了。
• 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。
• Isn't it too early to throw in the towel? We may still be able to finish it in time.
  现在就放弃，不是太早了么？我们或者还可以及时做完这件事的。
• 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。
• I confess there was more than one moment in 1981 when I felt ready to throw in the towel.
  我坦率承认，在1981年，我不止一次感到要认输了。