英语词汇don’t give up the ship的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	don’t give up the ship
词源	Don’t give up the ship! A mortally wounded Captain James Laurence, in command of the frigate U.S.S. Chesapeake, may really have said, “Tell the men to fire faster and not to give up the ship until she sinks” during the famous sea battle off Boston in the War of 1812—no one is sure of his exact words—but whatever his order, the British won the battle.
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