quit /kwɪt/ CET4 TEM4 ( quitting, quits )

• 1. 

  V-T/V-I If you quit, or quit your job, you choose to leave it. 辞去 (工作); 辞职 [非正式]

  例：

  He quit his job as an office boy.

  他辞去了办公室勤杂员的工作。

• 2. 

  V-T If you quit an activity or quit doing something, you stop doing it. 停止 [美国英语]

  例：

  A nicotine spray can help smokers quit the habit.

  一种尼古丁喷剂可以帮助吸烟者戒烟。

  例：

  Quit acting like you didn't know.

  别装得像你不知道似的。

  例：

  Quit it! That hurts!

  戒掉它吧！这东西害人！

• 3. 

  V-T If you quit a place, you leave it completely and do not go back to it. 彻底离开

  例：

  Science fiction writers have long dreamed that humans might one day quit the earth to colonize other planets.

  科幻小说作家们长期以来一直梦想着人类有一天可以离开地球移居到其它星球上。

• 4. 

  PHRASE If you say that you are going to call it quits, you mean that you have decided to stop doing something or being involved in something. 叫停

  例：

  They raised $630,000 through listener donations, and then called it quits.

  他们通过听众募捐筹集到了63万美元，之后就叫停了。