give up the ghost

基本解释

E. g. What if she found die before I got home, give up the ghost and pass on, alone in the dark?
如果她在我到家之前死去，独自去往另一个世界怎么办？
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I need money to buy a new car. My old one is twelve years old and I'm afraid it's ready to give up the ghost .
我需求钱去买一辆新车。我那辆老的汽车曾经开了十二年，恐怕是要完蛋了。
Long before our present television sets give up the ghost, many of today’s broadcasters will be dead and buried—and most of us will be receiving our television pictures direct from the internet.
我们现在的电视机很快就要退出历史舞台了，今天的广播电视运营商多数将会被遗忘——我们大多数人都将直接从互联网收看电视。

It is hardly evident that the prosecutors will give up the ghost.
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Wait for his fans to give up the ghost.
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Panasonic wants that level of survivability in its SDHC and SDXC cards, and its new UHS-I-level SDAB and SDUB lines are tested for the kind of abuse that could see the camera give up the ghost first.
ENGADGET: Panasonic preps SD cards that survive heat, water and X-rays, will probably outlast you