abandon
abandon 英 [əˈbændən] 美 [əˈbændən]
vt. 遗弃；放弃
进行时:abandoning 过去式:abandoned 过去分词:abandoned 第三人称单数:abandons 名词复数:abandons
- To abandon something is to give it up completely. If you’re in a cabin and a forest fire approaches, you’d better get in your car and abandon your cabin, or else be prepared to abandon your life.
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- vt. 遗弃；放弃
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1. The baby had been abandoned by its mother.
这个婴儿被母亲遗弃了。
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2. Snow forced many drivers to abandon their vehicles.
大雪迫使许多驾驶者弃车步行。
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3. He gave the order to abandon ship .
他下令弃船（因船快要沉没）。
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4. They abandoned the match because of rain.
因为下雨，他们中止了比赛。
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5. By 1930 he had abandoned his Marxist principles.
*1930 年时他已放弃了马克思主义信念。
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6. He abandoned himself to despair.
他陷入绝望。
- abandon (n.) "a letting loose, freedom from self-restraint, surrender to natural impulses," by 1822 as a French word in English (it remained in italics or quotation marks through much of the 19c.; the naturalized abandonment in this sense was attempted from 1834), from a sense in French abandon "abandonment; permission" (12c.), from abandonner "to surrender, release" (see abandon (v.)).
- abandon (v.) late 14c., "to give up (something) absolutely, relinquish control, give over utterly;" also reflexively, "surrender (oneself), yield (oneself) utterly" (to religion, fornication, etc.), from Old French abandoner "surrender, release; give freely, permit," also reflexive, "devote (oneself)" (12c.).
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