to give up

• 放弃自己的权利

  give up one's rights

• 放弃领导

  relinquish leadership

• 放弃自己的意见

  abandon one's opinion

• 放弃这一念头

  give up the idea

• 放弃阵地

  relinquish a position

• 不能放弃原则。

  One shouldn't abandon one's principles.

• 我不会放弃自己的决定。

  I will not go back on my decision.

• 工作离不开，他只好放弃了这次进修机会。

  Unable to leave work, he was forced to abandon the opportunity of furthering his education.