v.给；赠予；送（give的过去式）

I gave the alarm as soon as I saw the smoke. 我一看见冒烟，就发出了警报。

The maths teacher was furious and gave me 50 lines. 数学老师气坏了，罚我抄书50行。

Do you mean to tell me you gave 1500 for that pile of scrap metal! 难道说你花了1500英镑买了那堆破铜烂铁！

The shopkeeper gave us short weight: we got 7.5 kilos instead of 10 kilos. 店主给我们的分量不足: 应该10公斤我们只得到7.

It is said that James Watt's observation of steam issuing from a kettle gave birth to the idea of the steam engine. 据说，詹姆斯·瓦特对水壶蒸气的观察使他产生了发明蒸汽机的想法。

Jones said that his train had been delayed; the foreman gave him the benefit of the doubt and did not reduce his pay for being late. 琼斯说他的火车误点了，领班在没有相反证据之前给予肯定的判断，并且没有因为迟到而减少他的薪金。

He gave utterance to his thoughts. 他发表了自己的观点。