1、give up

放弃；戒除

Coastguards had given up all hope of finding the two divers alive.

海岸警卫队对两位潜水员生还已完全不抱希望。

smokers who give up before 30.

30岁以前戒烟的人

投降；认输；放弃

After a fruitless morning sitting at his desk he had given up.

他在书桌前徒劳地坐了一上午之后便放弃了。

辞去（工作）

She gave up her job to join her husband's campaign.

她辞去工作，加入到丈夫的宣传活动中。

He is thinking of giving up teaching.

他在考虑辞去教书的工作。

把…让给

Georgia refuses to give up any territory.

格鲁吉亚拒绝出让任何领土。

One of the men with him gave up his place on the bench.

他的一个同伴将长椅上的位子让了出来。

2、contradiction

矛盾;不一致

the contradictions between her private life and the public persona.

她的私生活与公众形象之间的巨大反差

The performance seemed to me unpardonable, a contradiction of all that the Olympics is supposed to be.

在我看来，这次的表现是不可宽恕的，和奥运精神完全相悖。

自相矛盾的说法

A public service run for profit — a contradiction in terms if there ever was one.

以营利为目的的公共服务机构—这是典型的用词上的自相矛盾（如果真有这种说法的话）。