idiomC2tostoptryingto do something because you haverealizedthat you cannotsucceed:认输;觉得成功无望而放弃Three of theoriginalfivecandidatesfor theDemocraticpresidentialnominationhave nowthrownin thetowel.原来竞争民主党总统候选人提名资格的5人中,有3位已经弃权了。SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrasesStop having or doing something
abdicate
abdication
bail out
bandh
break withsomething
butt out
forfeitable
forgo
forsake
forswear
ghost
give up
give up the ghostidiom
lose
relinquish
relinquishment
self-denying
self-sacrifice
self-sacrificing
throw
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idiomtoadmitthat you aredefeatedor cannot do something any more:Jimbeatme for the fourthtime, so Ithrewin thetowel.(Definition ofthrow in the towelfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary? Cambridge University Press)#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/throw-in-the-towel##