1.give away
①赠送，捐赠，分发（奖品等）
On winter days, Mr. Greenberg gave away gloves to the poor people. 在冬天，格林伯格先生把手套送给穷人。
He gave away many bikes to the children who don’t have bikes. 他把许多自行车捐赠给了那些没有自行车的孩子。
②失去，丧失，错失（优势等）
He was very sad to give away a silly goal.愚蠢的白送了对方一分，他很伤心。
Would they give away their chance to win the game? 他们会放弃赢得比赛的机会吗?（2011江苏卷）
③泄露（秘密）
I will never give your secret away again. 我再也不会泄露你的秘密了。（北师大版第6册）
2.give out
①分发（同义词hand out）
He often helps me to give out the newspapers. 他经常帮我分发报纸。
②发出（光，热量，气体，噪音，尖叫，信号等）（同义词give out）
The lamp gave out a harsh light. 灯发出刺眼的光。
He gave out a scream of pain. 他发出一声痛苦的尖叫。
③筋疲力尽，耗尽，用光
His patience gave out long ago. 他的耐心早就耗尽了。
He fought until his strength gave out. 他一直战斗到体力耗尽为止。
3.give off发出（光，气味，热等），放出（同义词give out）
The food on the table gave off a seductive smell.餐桌上的饭菜发出诱人的气味。
The moist land gave off the fragrance of fresh earth. 潮湿的土地散发着新鲜泥土的芳香。
4.give in
①上交（作业，试卷等）（同义词hand in）
Please give in your notebook after class. 课后请把笔记本交上来。
②屈服，让步，投降
They argued with reason, and neither wanted to give in. 他们据理力争，谁也不愿让步。
They will never give in to the enemy. 他们决不向敌人屈服。
5.give up
①放弃，辞去
He never gave up the hope of finding his lost son. 他从未放弃找到走失儿子的希望。
Mary had to give up her job after marriage. 玛丽结婚后不得不辞去工作。
②献出，献身于
He gave up his life while saving a drowned boy. 他在救一个溺水的男孩时献出了自己的生命。
6.give over交出，移交（同义词hand over，turn over）
Mr. Smiths gave his business over to his son. 史密斯先生把生意移交给了儿子。
