to throw in the towel的意思|示意

Or, if things are really bad, they may say they have to throw in the towel.

如果情况确实很糟糕，他们可能会说，他们不得不认输（throw in the towel）。

Isn't it too early to throw in the towel?

现在就放弃，不是太早了么？

In his just-released letter, Grantham wrote: "Well, I, for one, am more or less willing to throw in the towel on behalf of Inflation."

在刚刚发布的信件当中，格兰汉姆写道，“现在，我在个人立场上，已经或多或少打算代表通货膨胀派彻底投降了。

Every successful person has faced many fears, made many mistakes, and wanted to throw in the towel countless times.

每一位成功者都面临过无数的恐惧，犯过许多的错误，有过很多时候想认输。

After running two miles of the marathon, Andy and Jessica decided to throw in the towel.

跑了两英里的马拉松比赛之后，安迪和洁西卡决定放弃比赛。

On the opposite side of the argument, some prison reformers worried that rewarding guilty pleas further might put undue pressure on innocents to throw in the towel.

辩论反方争辩道，一些监狱改革者担心加大对认罪减刑的幅度可能给无辜市民施加过度的压力放弃反抗。