1、give up

放弃；戒除

Coastguards had given up all hope of finding the two divers alive.

海岸警卫队对两位潜水员生还已完全不抱希望。

smokers who give up before 30.

30岁以前戒烟的人

辞去（工作）

She gave up her job to join her husband's campaign.

她辞去工作，加入到丈夫的宣传活动中。

He is thinking of giving up teaching.

他在考虑辞去教书的工作。

把…让给

Georgia refuses to give up any territory.

格鲁吉亚拒绝出让任何领土。

One of the men with him gave up his place on the bench.

他的一个同伴将长椅上的位子让了出来。

2、associate

联系;联想

Through science we've got the idea of associating progress with the future.

通过科学我们知道了应该把进步和未来联系起来。

Rap groups have been barred from large musical events because they are associated with vandalism.

说唱组合被禁止参加大型的音乐活动，因为他们使人联想到肆意破坏公共财产的行为。

使与（某个组织、事业或观点）有关系;公开支持

I haven't been associated with the project over the last year.

我去年一直没有参与那个项目。

The press feels the need to associate itself with the green movement.

媒体感到有必要支持绿色运动。

与…为伍;与…交往;与…厮混

What would they think if they knew that they were associating with a murderer?

如果他们知道自己正在与一个杀人犯为伍会怎么想?

They disapproved of her dancing at discos and associating with homosexuals.

他们不同意她在迪斯科舞厅跳舞并和同性恋鬼混。