Faith口语天天学第145期:我戒烟了

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1. quit vt. & vi. 从（某处）离开；离去

If I don't get a pay raise I'll quit. 若不给加薪, 我就不干了。

Roger, there’s one thing I’ve got to tell you: I've quit my job. 罗杰，有件事要告诉你，我辞职了。

I got my present job after I quit the army. 我退伍后得到了现在这份工作。

quit vt. 停止

I quit smoking. 我戒烟了。

Mary quit dancing last year, and went into business field. 玛丽去年放弃了跳舞，而转向做生意.

2. 下面再介绍一个和quit意思相近的词：resign vi. vt 辞职，放弃

James resigned from office. 詹姆斯辞职了。

He resigned his directorship and left the firm. 他放弃了管理职务, 离开了公司。

resign 及物动词 vt. (to)使顺从

I resigned myself to a long wait in line. 我顺从地在长队中等候。

Resignation是resign的名词形式，意思是：n.辞职；辞职书；顺从，听从　

He handed in his resignation right after the cabinet meeting. 内阁会议一开完, 他就提出了辞呈。

I'm going to submit my resignation this week. 这个星期我打算递交辞呈。

那么这个词组collective resignation是什么意思呢？collective集体的，共同的，共有的意思，对了。集体引退就是collective resignation的意思了。

Now, I have an announcement to make, I'm going to quit my job as an English teacher and switch to a housewife.（现在，我要郑重宣布一件事，我打算辞掉英语老师的工作，转行做个家庭主妇。）