quit
/kwɪt/ (bre, ipa) · /kwɪt/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈkwit/ (ame, mw)
quit — verb
- quitpresent simple I / you / we / they
- quitshe / she / it
- quittedpast simple
- quitting-ing form
1. To decide that you will no longer take part in an activity, hold a job, or conti
To decide that you will no longer take part in an activity, hold a job, or continue a habit you used to have.
Apinya quit her job at the pharmacy after ten years and started her own shop.
quit + noun (job / school / position)
After the doctor showed him the scan results, Zayd quit smoking the very next day.
quit + gerund (quit smoking / quit complaining)
Javier took piano lessons for three months before deciding to quit.
Madison quit the chess club when the meetings started running past ten o'clock every night.
文法句型
quit + noun/pronoun
quit + gerund
quit (intransitive)
用法筆記
Frequently used with a gerund (quit + verb-ing) to talk about stopping a habit. The past tense is quit, not quitted — the form never changes.
常見錯誤
2. To go away from a place where you have been living or staying, especially with t
To go away from a place where you have been living or staying, especially with the idea of not returning soon.
Élise quit the village where she had been raised and never looked back.
The soldiers were ordered to quit the town before sunrise the following morning.
quit + place (formal register)
After the factory closed, many families quit the region and moved south for work.
Eitan quit the crowded city for a small cabin in the mountains.
文法句型
quit + place
用法筆記
This sense is more formal or literary than sense 1. It typically names a location (city, country, home) as the object and suggests a permanent or long-term departure.
3. To walk away from someone or end your time with a group of people, often because
To walk away from someone or end your time with a group of people, often because you are frustrated or no longer wish to stay.
After the heated argument, Wren quit the dinner table and went straight up to her room.
quit + person's company (social setting)
Andrés quit the committee after his proposal was rejected for the third time.
Hana saw that her friends were mocking the new student, so she quit their table in disgust.
The children quit the game when their older brother kept changing the rules.
- leave
Neutral; works for any social situation without implying frustration.
- walk out on
Informal and more dramatic; suggests abandoning someone in a difficult moment.
文法句型
quit + person
quit + group
用法筆記
Less common in everyday speech than sense 1. The object is usually a group, a gathering, or a social situation rather than an individual person.
quit — adjective
- quitpositive
- quitercomparative
- quitestsuperlative
1. Freed from having to deal with an obligation or a person that was a burden.
Freed from having to deal with an obligation or a person that was a burden.
Once the last loan payment was made, the family was finally quit of all their debts.
pattern: quit of [obligation]
The villagers said they were well quit of the corrupt landlord who had moved abroad.
Astrid felt quit of her responsibility after she handed the charity accounts to the new treasurer.
After paying off her student loans, Lin was quit of that crushing debt at last.
文法句型
quit of [someone/something]
well quit of [someone/something]
用法筆記
Almost always occurs in the fixed phrase quit of or well quit of. The expression well quit of carries a tone of relief: the speaker is glad to be rid of the person or thing.
常見錯誤
quit — noun
1. A voluntary departure from a job, used especially in the fixed phrase hand in on
A voluntary departure from a job, used especially in the fixed phrase hand in one's quit and in employment statistics.
Brian handed in his quit after the boss refused to discuss the pay raise they had promised.
set phrase: hand in one's quit
The company saw a record number of quits last year among workers under thirty.
Anjali was shocked when her manager accepted her quit on the very same afternoon.
Eshe told her colleagues about her quit during the morning coffee break.
- resignation
Formal and standard; used in official contexts and business writing.
- departure
More general; can refer to leaving any position or role, not just employment.
- appointment
The act of being given a job or position.
- employment
The state of having a paid job.
文法句型
hand in one's quit
用法筆記
Chiefly North American and informal. The phrase hand in one's quit is a set expression. In more formal contexts, use resignation instead.