give away
phrasal verbgive somebody away
- (in a marriage ceremony
) to lead the bride to the bridegroom and formally allow her to marry him在婚礼上 将新娘交给新郎 - The bride was given away by her father.
新娘由父亲交给新郎。
- The bride was given away by her father.
give something away
- to give something as a gift
赠送;捐赠 - He gave away most of his money to charity.
他把他的大部分钱都捐赠给了慈善事业。 - (informal) Check out the prices of our pizzas—we're virtually giving them away!
查看一下我们的比萨饼的价格吧,我们实际上是在白送!
- He gave away most of his money to charity.
- to present something
颁发;分发 - The mayor gave away the prizes at the school sports day.
市长在学校运动会那天颁发了奖项。
- The mayor gave away the prizes at the school sports day.
- to carelessly allow somebody to have an advantage
(粗心地)失去,丧失,错失(优势) - They've given away two goals already.
他们已白送对手两分了。
- They've given away two goals already.
give something/somebody away
- to make known something that somebody wants to keep secret
synonym betray泄露;暴露 - She gave away state secrets to the enemy.
她把国家机密泄露给了敌人。 - It was supposed to be a surprise but the children gave the game away.
这原本想给人一个惊喜,可孩子们把计划泄露了。 - His voice gave him away (= showed who he really was).
他的声音使他露馅了。
- She gave away state secrets to the enemy.