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• abandon   /əˈbændən/ DJ   /ə'bændən/ KK
  • verb
    • （不顾责任、义务等）离弃，遗弃，抛弃 to leave somebody, especially somebody you are responsible for, with no intention of returning~ sb (to sth) VN
      • 这个婴儿被母亲遗弃了。 The baby had been abandoned by its mother.
      • 人们出国时常常丢下宠物不管，一走了之。 People often simply abandon their pets when they go abroad.
      • 研究表明，老人十分害怕被丢给陌生人照管。 The study showed a deep fear among the elderly of being abandoned to the care of strangers.
    • 不得已而放弃；舍弃 to leave a thing or place, especially because it is impossible or dangerous to stay~ sth (to sb/sth) VN
      • 大雪迫使许多驾驶者弃车步行。 Snow forced many drivers to abandon their vehicles.
      • 他们不得不放弃土地和财产，让侵略军占领。 They had to abandon their lands and property to the invading forces.
      • 他下令弃船（因船快要沉没）。 He gave the order to abandon ship(= to leave the ship because it was sinking).
    • 停止（支持或帮助）；放弃（信念） to stop supporting or helping somebody; to stop believing in somethingVN
      • 战后该国人民不再拥护他们的政治领袖。 The country abandoned its political leaders after the war.
      • 1930 年时他已放弃了马克思主义信念。 By 1930 he had abandoned his Marxist principles.
    • 中止；放弃；不再有 to stop doing something, especially before it is finished; to stop having somethingVN
      • 因为下雨，他们只好中止比赛。 They had to abandon the match because of rain.
      • 我已对任何和解都不再抱希望。 I have abandoned hope of any reconciliation.
    • 陷入，沉湎于（某种情感） to feel an emotion so strongly that you can feel nothing else~ yourself to sth literary VN
      • 他陷入绝望。 He abandoned himself to despair.
  • noun
    • 放任；放纵 an uncontrolled way of behaving that shows that somebody does not care what other people thinkuncountable written
      • 他无所顾忌地乱开支票。 He signed cheques with careless abandon.
      • See also:
        with gay abandon

English dictionary

• a·ban·don
  • Give up completely (a course of action, a practice, or a way of thinking)
  • Discontinue (a scheduled event) before completion
  • Cease to support or look after (someone); desert

Related phrases

• abandon oneself to
  沉溺于
• with gay abandon
  不考虑后果；轻率

Related languages

• abandon is also a word in: français

Synonyms

• verb: leave, relinquish, forsake, quit, give up, desert, renounce, drop, vacate

Web translations

Usage examples

• And when Palin quit as governor during the middle of her first term, Lisa Murkowski said she was "deeply disappointed that the governor has decided to abandon the state and her constituents before her term has concluded."
  Sep 1, 2010 -  Lisa Murkowski -  The Associated Press
• "The president would have us believe there are two choices: keep all of our troops in Iraq or abandon these Iraqis," Obama said. "I reject this choice."
  Sep 12, 2007 -  Barack Obama -  Forbes
• "One the other hand, she now opposes it -- sort of. On the one hand, she wants a firm deadline for retreat, but on the other hand, she says we cannot abandon the nation to Iran's designs," McCain said.
  Oct 3, 2007 -  John McCain -  Reuters

Web definitions

• • forsake, leave behind; "We abandoned the old car in the empty parking lot"
    
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• • give up with the intent of never claiming again; "Abandon your life to God"; "She gave up her children to her ex-husband when she moved to Tahiti"; "We gave the drowning victim up for dead"
    
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• • vacate: leave behind empty; move out of; "You must vacate your office by tonight"
    
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