giveup與givein都有“放棄，讓步”之意，但giveup指行為者碰到某種困難或原因而自己主動放棄；givein指行為者屈於某種壓力而被迫按別人的要求去做，側重於屈服。giveup可作vt.,後接名詞或動名詞作賓語；而givein只作vi.,後不接賓語。如：Theydecidedtogiveuptheirplan.他們決定放棄計劃了。Hismothergaveinandboughthimanewbike.他母親拗不過他，只得給他買了一輛新腳踏車。

give in和give up

兩者都可表示“交給”,但區別是：give in 主要表示將某物(如報告、試卷等)呈交給有權受理此物的人；而 give up 通常只是 一般性地表示將某物讓給、交給或獻給他人或用作他用。give up doing sth/sth，放棄某事/做某事，表示主觀放棄，自己放棄。give in則表示因客觀條件或環境，因某人某物不得不放棄，做出讓步，它是客觀的。give in 讀音：英 [ɡiv in] 美 [ɡɪv ɪn] 例句：1. Officials say they won"t give in to the workers" demands. 官員們表示他們不會向工人的要求讓步。2. All right. I give in. What did you do with the ship? 行啦，我認輸。你如何處理的那艘船？3. He refused to give in to her pleadings. 他拒不接受她的請求。4. The defenders were outnumbered and had to give in. 抵抗者寡不敵眾,只能投降。5. Their opposition only strengthened her resolve not to give in. 他們的反對卻增強了她堅持下去的決心。give up讀音：英 [ɡiv ʌp] 美 [ɡɪv ʌp] 例句：1.He gave up his seat to an old man.釋義：他給一位老人讓座。2.He gave up his life for his country.釋義：他為祖國獻身了。3.The second floor was given up to sleeping rooms.釋義：二樓劃作寢室用。4.He gave himself up to the police.釋義：他向警察自首了。5. I would sooner give up sleep than miss my evening class. 我寧可不睡覺，也不願錯過晚上的課。give讀音：英 [gɪv] 美 [ɡɪv] 相關片語：give away洩露；贈送；分發；分送give back歸還；送還；送回；恢復give up 放棄give way讓路；讓步；快車先行；屈服give off放出；發出或放出；釋放；散發出give out分發；發出；放出give money金錢糧食各加一萬；給錢；直接給錢；捐錢Give thanks獻上感恩；獻上感恩的心；心存感謝；感恩give offense冒犯；挑釁give orders發出命令；發出指令；出命令；發號施令