abandon
verb [ T ] uk/əˈbæn.dən/ us/əˈbæn.dən/
(LEAVE)
B2 离弃;放弃;抛弃;遗弃
to leave a place, thing, or person, usually for ever
We had to abandon the car. 我们不得不弃车而去。
By the time the rebel troops arrived, the village had already been abandoned. 当叛军杀到时，村民们已经撤离了村子。
As a baby he was abandoned by his mother. 他在襁褓之中就被母亲遗弃了。
We were sinking fast, and the captain gave the order to abandon ship. 我们的船下沉得很快，船长下令弃船。
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- If disturbed, the bird may abandon the nest, leaving the chicks to die.
- It was his instinct for self-preservation that led him to abandon his former friends and transfer his allegiance to the new rulers.
- According to an eyewitness account, the thieves abandoned their vehicle near the scene of the robbery and then ran off.
- The police are trying to trace the mother of a newborn baby found abandoned outside a hospital.
- The house had been abandoned for several years before they decided to demolish it.
(STOP)
C1 中止
to stop doing an activity before you have finished it
The game was abandoned at half-time because of the poor weather conditions. 由于天气状况太差，比赛进行了一半就停止了。
They had to abandon their attempt to climb the mountain. 他们被迫中止登山计划。
The party has now abandoned its policy of unilateral disarmament. 该政党已经废止了其单方面裁军的政策。
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- Sweden isn't likely ever to abandon its traditional neutrality.
- Pressure to abandon the new motorway is increasing.
- We were unable to get funding and therefore had to abandon the project.
- A lot of farming techniques have been abandoned because they were too labour-intensive.
- Most European countries have abandoned laws that make vagrancy a crime.
abandon yourself to something 放纵；使沉溺于
to allow yourself to be controlled completely by a feeling or way of living
He abandoned himself to his emotions. 他完全受自己情绪左右。
abandon
noun literary uk/əˈbæn.dən/ us/əˈbæn.dən/
with (gay/wild) abandon 尽情;放纵
in a completely uncontrolled way
We danced with wild abandon. 我们纵情舞蹈。