It would be a great pity if you gave up now.

你要是现在放弃，那就太可惜了。

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Maybe you used to go dancing with your ex but gave it up when you split.

也许你曾经和你的前任携手共舞，但你们关系破裂后就放弃了。

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For example: instead of saying you gave up your TV because it's a soul-sucking time-waster, explain how you've found more time to read, write, and pursue your hobbies without it.

例如：你不要讲你放弃电视是因为它是一个吸食灵魂的时间浪费器，而要解释说没有电视你可以节约更多的时间来阅读、写作和追求自己的爱好。

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But it's a lot easier than picking up trash, you know,and doing that, so,you know,I gave it a try."

VOA: special.2010.06.03

One reviewer gave the album high marks, writing "It might be 'Unforgiven' if you pass something up this well crafted and executed,"

VOA: standard.2010.04.16

But if you ignored it, if you went instead to the correct places and gave yourself up to the contemplation of canonized vistas, your experience of Niagara would be sublime.

NPR: Excerpt: 'Inventing Niagara'

So much paper and you become a person who said, Well, you know I started writing a Bible once and then I gave it up.

NPR: Making Peace With The Bible By Writing It Out Word For Word

And could you clear up for us what influence or encouragement your administration gave Australia as it made that decision?

WHITEHOUSE: President Obama��s News Conference with Prime Minister Gillard of Australia | The White House