AEE 2530: Give In Versus Give Up in English

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AugsReiko

2025.12.15

A: Oh man, look at those goat cheese balls! Want one?

B: I'm trying to give up cheese because it hurts my stomach.

A: Oh no, I'm sorry. You sure?

B: Okay, I give in.One won't hurt .

A: You'll be fine. Do you know how much this place costs for a bridal shower? I asked.

B: Oh, I don't know. Okay, I give up.

A: 70 a person

B: woo!

A: Yeah, that's where Lauren wanted it, but I'm not giving in to her. That's way out of my budget.

B: Same.

AugsReiko

2025.12.15

give in

1. To stop resisting someone or something after a period of refusal

· She asked her mother for a piece of chocolate over and over until she finally gave in.

2. it has a sense of compromising to someone like someone is pushing you to do something and you resisted it at first and then finally you're going to compromise.

· I told him I wasn't going to the gym, but I gave in when he said he would buy me lunch after.

3. societal pressure/cost:
· I am not going to spend 300 on a concert. I'm not giving in."
(Implies others are pushing you to buy the ticket, or you're resisting the high price itself as a pressure).
· it could be just with society's rising prices... maybe you say you're gonna change your grocery shopping habits... there has to be some force on the other side that's pressuring you.

区别
1.give up
. + noun/verb(ing)
. on+n.

2.give in
.+to
ex:I give in to her every time.
. to+v(ing)
I gave in to watching the movie.

AugsReiko

2025.12.15

10:13 06:57 give up
1.to surrender because of it's difficulty. or you don't know or even pertaining to a habit.
ex:
. I give up! I have no idea what number you're thinking .
. You can't give up on your 5K training now! You're doing so well.

plateau平台，停滞
ex: we might hit a plateau in our training.
we're just not getting anywhere and we might want to give up at that point.

2.to have a space/seat so someone can
use it.
ex:
. she gave up her computer when the lab got too crowded.
. you're waiting for someone to give up their seat.(reading terminal market)

3.get rid of it. to give sth you own to someone else. often because you don't have space or need it .

WM_Ik5Q

2025.12.15

Hello, Your guys always repeat surrounding ? Does it spell like this: surround ? Does it mean environ? What’s the relation between surround and give in ?

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