quit第三人称单数

1. vt. & vi. 离开,离去 go away from or leave
2. vt. & vi. 停止 stop

1.放弃，辞去(工作)
If youquit your job, you choose to leave it.

e.g. Hequit his job as an office boy in Athens...
他辞去了在雅典当办公室勤杂工的工作。
e.g. He figured he wouldquit before Johnson fired him.
他估计自己会在约翰逊炒他鱿鱼之前先辞职。

2.停止;退出;放弃
If youquit an activity orquit doing something, you stop doing it.

e.g. A nicotine spray can help smokersquit the habit without putting on weight...
尼古丁喷雾剂能够帮助吸烟者在不增加体重的同时戒烟。
e.g. I was trying toquit smoking at the time.
当时我正在努力戒烟。

3.离开(某地)
If youquit a place, you leave it completely and do not go back to it.

e.g. ...the idea that humans might one dayquit the earth to colonise other planets...
人类有朝一日可能会离开地球到其他星球定居繁衍的想法
e.g. Police were called when he refused toquit the building.
他拒绝离开那座大楼，于是人们叫来了。

4.决定结束;就此了结
If you say that you are going tocall it quits, you mean that you have decided to stop doing something or being involved in something.

e.g. They raised $630,000 through listener donations, and then called itquits...
他们通过听众捐款的方式筹集了63万美元后宣告结束。
e.g. You can decide whether there is hope in working for mutual happiness, or if you should call it quits.
你可以决定是否有希望为双方共同的幸福努力，或者就此一刀两断。

quit of (v.+prep.)

使摆脱 rid oneself of (sth wanted)
quit sb/oneself of sb/sth

What he said quit me of fear.

他的话使我摆脱了恐惧。

We soon quitted ourselves of fear.

我们很快便消除了恐惧。

I'd like to quit myself of any blame in this affair.

我想使自己在这件事中不受任何责备。

We are quit of our difficulties.

我们摆脱了困境。

He got quit of his debts.

他还清了债务。

I'm glad to be quit of that unsuitable job.

我很高兴摆脱了这项不适合我的工作。

I'm glad to be quit of him.

我很高兴摆脱了他。

• If you keep on drinking rum, the world will soon be quit of a..scoundrel.

  出自：R. L. Stevenson

• I..danced and gamed, Quitted me like a courtier.

  出自：Browning

• ☆ 13世纪初期进入英语，直接源自古法语的quite，意为自由的，清楚的；最初源自拉丁语的quietus，意为自由的。