在不同的場合有不同的解釋.Give me a break可以解釋為：你得了吧!或者是：你算了吧!我們來舉一個例子.下面是一個人在跟他的朋友爭論：
例句1:You really think Jennifer is the prettiest girl in our class?Give me a break!There're several girls in our class who are better looking then she is.To my mind,Lisa is tops.She not only has looks; she also has brains.
這個人說：你真的認為詹尼弗是我們班上最漂亮的女生?你算了吧!我們班上有好幾個女生都比她好看.在我的心目中,利薩比誰都強.她不僅漂亮,而且腦子還很聰敏.
在這句話里,give me a break 是表示不同意別人的意見.
手頭有點錢的美國人一向都很喜歡買股票來行投資.《華盛頓郵報》曾經(jīng)登過一篇報導(dǎo),說一個政府雇員如何把平時省下來的錢買股票投資,結(jié)果成了百萬富翁.下面這個例子就是一個人在說他的投資情況.
例句4:Soon after I bought some stocks early last year,the stock prices went down so much that I lost half of my money.Fortunately,I didn't sell them.With the market going up since this year,I've now reached the point where I break even.
這人說：去年年初我買了一些股票后不久,股票價格下跌了好多；我的錢損失了一半.幸好我沒有拋出.今年股票價格不斷上升,我現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)到了不虧本的水平.