pack it in

IPA/pˈak ɪt ˈɪn/
IPA/pˈæk ɪɾ ˈɪn/

pack it in — 慣用語

1. to give up a job, game, or other activity because you have decided not to carry

1.慣用語B2
釋義

不做了

停止做下去並退出

to give up a job, game, or other activity because you have decided not to carry on

例句

After three bad months of sales, Christopher packed it in and opened a cafe.

連續三個月銷售表現不佳後，Christopher 決定不做了，改去開咖啡館。

pack it in after repeated failure at work

By midnight, Hana was exhausted and packed it in for the night.

到了半夜，Hana 累壞了，決定今晚先收工。

pack it in for the night

常見搭配
  • pack it in for the night
  • decide to pack it in
  • tell someone to pack it in
同義詞
  • quit

    the closest general verb, used for leaving a job or stopping an activity

  • give up

    broader and often less conversational than pack it in

  • call it a day

    usually means stopping for now rather than leaving for good

反義詞
  • carry on

    to keep going instead of stopping

文法句型

pack it in

pack it in for the night

tell someone to pack it in

用法筆記

Common in spoken English when someone stops because continuing feels tiring, frustrating, or pointless. It is also used as a blunt order, as in "Pack it in!", telling somebody to stop immediately.

常見錯誤

She packed it in at the box.
She packed it in after two rounds.
the phrase means to quit an activity, not to put something into a container.
He packed in it after lunch.
He packed it in after lunch.
the pronoun stays fixed inside the idiom and does not move.