問 1
After many many long hours of careful patient kind discussion with the very strict elderly Japanese boss, my older sister finally officially seriously gave ( ) and reluctantly agreed to officially completely accept the very challenging difficult overseas business assignment in Singapore.
- out
- in
- up
- off
give in (屈する・降参する)
give in (to + 名詞) = 「屈する・降参する・譲歩する」、争い・誘惑への屈服。
「in」
正解"After many many long hours of careful patient kind discussion with the very strict elderly Japanese boss, my older sister finally officially seriously gave ( ) and reluctantly agreed to officially completely accept the very challenging difficult overseas business assignment in Singapore" は屈する = 「in」。形: give in (to + 名詞) = 「屈する・降参する」、争い・誘惑への屈服、自動詞。ポイント: give in = surrender / yield (同義)、give up = 諦める (別意味)、in は副詞、対象は to + 名詞。2級頻出: give in は B2 native、speaking 頻出。
「up」
= give up = 諦める ━ 意味違う ━ give up = 諦める、give in = 屈する。
「off」
= give off = 放出 (匂い/光) ━ 意味違う ━ give off = 放出、give in = 屈する。
「out」
= give out = 配布/尽きる ━ 意味違う ━ give out = 配布、give in = 屈する。
| 形 | マーカー | 例 |
|---|---|---|
| give in (自動詞) | 屈する | She finally gave in |
| give in to + 名詞 | 対象 to | give in to pressure |
| vs give up + 目的語 | 諦める | give up smoking |
| vs give off + 目的語 | 放出 | give off heat |
| 文型 | 形 | 例 |
|---|---|---|
| 自動詞 | S + give in | He finally gave in. |
| 対象 | S + give in to + 名詞 | Don't give in to peer pressure. |
| 対比 give up | S + give up + V-ing | She gave up smoking. |
After many many long hours of careful patient kind discussion with the very strict elderly Japanese boss, my older sister finally officially seriously gave in and reluctantly agreed to officially completely accept the very challenging difficult overseas business assignment in Singapore.
厳格な高齢の日本人上司との忍耐強く親切な議論の長い数時間後、姉はついに公式に真剣に屈して、シンガポールでの挑戦的で難しい海外ビジネス任務を公式に完全に受諾することを渋々同意した。
Honestly, my younger brother officially seriously finally gave in to my elderly very strict serious father's repeated honest persistent demands to seriously study very hard every single day for many long hours before the final entrance examination.
正直、弟は重要な期末入学試験前に毎日長時間真剣に一生懸命勉強するようにとの、高齢の厳格な父の繰り返しの誠実な持続的な要求についに公式に真剣に屈した。
Honestly, my elderly very wise kind grandmother officially seriously absolutely refused to give in to the very persistent demanding insistent loud arguments of the very young rebellious teenage neighbor about staying out late at night.
正直、高齢の優しい賢い祖母は、夜遅くまで外出することについての若く反抗的な十代の隣人の持続的で要求の多い騒がしい議論に、公式に真剣に絶対に屈することを拒否した。
Honestly, my older sister officially seriously refused to give in to the very heavy pressure from her demanding very strict company boss who repeatedly tried to force her to officially completely cancel her important upcoming vacation plans.
正直、姉は重要な来る休暇計画を公式に完全に中止するように繰り返し強制しようとした要求の多い厳格な会社の上司からの重い圧力に公式に真剣に屈することを拒否した。
Honestly, despite many many long hours of very heavy persistent passionate emotional protests, the very famous old Japanese government officials never officially seriously gave in to public demands for major changes to the controversial new environmental policy.
正直、長時間の激しい熱情的な抗議にもかかわらず、有名な古い日本政府職員は、物議を醸す新しい環境政策の大きな変更を求める公衆の要求に公式に真剣に決して屈しなかった。
give in (to + 名詞) (2級 native) ★ 屈する・降参 ★ 自動詞 (in は副詞) ★ 対象は to + 名詞 ━ B2 speaking 必出。vs give up ★ give up = 諦める (動作放棄) ★ give in = 屈する (相手に譲歩) ━ ニュアンス違い。本試験 reading: 交渉・議論場面で頻出。