"戒掉"的英文是"quit"或"give up",它是一个非常常用的动词,用来表示停止某种行为或习惯。除了戒烟、戒酒等常见的用法外,"quit"还可以用于戒除其他的不良习惯,比如戒掉咖啡因、甜食、社交媒体等。
拓展:
"quit"的用法非常灵活,它可以作为及物动词或不及物动词使用。例如:
- I quit smoking last year.(我去年戒烟了。)
- She decided to quit her job and start her own business.(她决定辞职,开始自己的事业。)
- He's trying to quit drinking coffee.(他正在努力戒掉咖啡因。)
"quit"还可以和一些介词搭配使用,形成一些固定的短语,例如:
- quit doing something(戒掉某种行为):I need to quit eating so much junk food.(我需要戒掉吃太多垃圾食品。)
- quit cold turkey(戒断):He decided to quit smoking cold turkey.(他决定戒烟戒得一干二净。)
- quit while you're ahead(趁胜追击):I decided to quit while I was ahead and not risk losing any more money.(我决定趁胜追击,不冒失再赔更多的钱。)
- quit your bellyaching(别再抱怨了):Quit your bellyaching and get back to work!(别再抱怨了,回去工作吧!)