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

• 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。
• Those are the inevitable questions prompted by the news this week that BlackBerry is ready to throw in the towel.
  以上是最近黑莓（BlackBerry）准备认输的新闻传出后不可避免会引发的疑问。
• How hard should a web designer fight for a good design decision before they throw in the towel and let a bad design decision happen?
  在设计师们认输并采用一个糟糕的设计策略之前，他应该做出多少努力来维护他的良好的设计决策呢？
• It needs a little more patience. don't throw in the towel.
  别放弃，这需要多一点耐心。
• It's a bit early to throw in the towel& you've only just started the job.
  现在放弃为时尚早&你才刚刚开始这项工作。
• 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。
• Small businesses, which have fewer financial and operational resources to withstand economic convulsions, are also unwilling to throw in the towel.
  在财务和运营方面抵御经济动荡的资源相对较少的小型企业，也都不愿意认输。
• Are there any telltale signs you should be looking for when trying to decide if you throw in the towel?
  当你在决定是否要放弃的时候，你是不是应该寻找一些迹象呢？
• 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。
• I refuse to throw in the towel because conditions will change.
  我拒绝放弃，因为情况会变化。