give up the ghost idiom
死，死去
to die
humorous（机器）报废，不能运转，完蛋
If a machine gives up the ghost, it stops working.
Our old TV had finally given up the ghost. 我们的老电视终于坏了。
UK放弃…;对…绝望
to stop trying to do something because you know that you will not succeed
All I'd cherished from early childhood had been denied me, so I simply gave up the ghost. 我自童年起珍惜的一切都被夺走了，我只好放弃。
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