Throw in the Towel──認輸

** give up（放棄）// admit defeat（承認失敗）// surrender（投降）// capitulate （屈服）// to stop trying to do something knowing you cannot succeed（意識到不能成功所以停止嘗試做某事）

~~ 放棄；認輸；投降；承認失敗；舉手投降；拱手認負；中途退出比賽；退出

~~throw in the sponge // raise the white flag // cave in // drop out // bow out // fall by the wayside // cry uncle throw in the sponge （認輸） // raise the white flag （投降） // cave in （屈服） // drop out （退出） // fall by the wayside （中途退出） // cry uncle （認輸） // bow out （退出）

!! The rule of boxing says that if a fighter's corner man throws any object into the ring while the fight is in progress, it is a sign of surrender or submission. Throwing in towel or sponge that is used to wipe the fighter's face mean "surrender." The color of a white towel, suggesting a white flag of surrender, has helped the "towel" variation endure.

（拳擊規則規定，如果一個拳擊手的教練在比賽過程中將任何物體投擲到賽場中，那就是投降或屈服的標誌。擲入拭臉的毛巾或海綿都意味着“投降”。因為一條白色毛巾的顏色暗示投降的白旗，使“毛巾”這字詞變成長期使用。）

>> When the chief executive officer heard that the venture capitalists would not fund his startup anymore, he threw in the towel and quit.

（當首席執行官聽說風險投資家不再為他的創業公司提供資金時，他就放棄和退出了。）

>> After Mr. Wang learned of his ex-wife's solemn accusations and demands, he finally threw in the towel and apologized publicly.

（當王先生得悉他前妻的嚴正指控及要求後，他終於認輸及公開道歉。）

學勤進修教育中心英語

專科導師 李啟文 教授