[VERB 动词]离弃;遗弃;抛弃 If you abandon a place, thing, or person, you leave the place, thing, or person permanently or for a long time, especially when you should not do so.
[V n]
[V-ed]
He claimed that his parents had abandoned him...
他声称父母遗弃了他。
The road is strewn with abandoned vehicles.
道路上满是弃置的车辆。
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[VERB 动词]中途放弃,中止(活动、工作等) If you abandon an activity or piece of work, you stop doing it before it is finished.
[V n]
The authorities have abandoned any attempt to distribute food...
当局中止了分发食物的尝试。
The scheme's investors, fearful of bankruptcy, decided to abandon the project.
因为担心破产,该计划的投资者决定放弃这个项目。
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[VERB 动词]放弃(想法或思路) If you abandon an idea or way of thinking, you stop having that idea or thinking in that way.
[V n]
Logic had prevailed and he had abandoned the idea.
最终理智占了上风,他打消了那个念头。
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[VERB 动词]放纵;使沉湎于 If you abandon yourself to an emotion, you think about it a lot and feel it strongly, especially when other people might think you are wrong to do so.
[V pron-refl to n]
We are scared to abandon ourselves to our feelings in case we seem weak or out of control.
我们不敢放纵自己的情感,以免显得太过软弱或缺乏自制。
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[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]放任;放纵 If you say that someone does something with abandon, you mean that they behave in a wild, uncontrolled way and do not think or care about how they should behave.
[usu with N]
[disapproval]
He has spent money with gay abandon...
他肆意挥霍钱财。
Their permissiveness toward their children reflects the wild abandon of their own lives.
他们对孩子的放任折射出他们自身生活的放浪形骸。
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[PHRASE 短语](船舶下沉时)弃船 If people abandon ship, they get off a ship because it is sinking.
[v inflects]
The officers and crew prepared to abandon ship in an orderly fashion.
全体船员秩序井然地准备弃船。
Oxford
aban·don★AWL/əˈbændən; NAmEəˈbændən/
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abandonabandonsabandonedabandoningverb★1★to leave sb, especially sb you are responsible for, with no intention of returning (不顾责任、义务等)离弃,遗弃,抛弃abandonsb ◆The baby had been abandoned by its mother.这个婴儿被母亲遗弃了。abandonsb to sth ◆The study showed a deep fear among the elderly of being abandoned to the care of strangers.研究表明,老人十分害怕被丢给陌生人照管。2★to leave a thing or place, especially because it is impossible or dangerous to stay (不得已而)舍弃,丢弃,离开SYN
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abandonsth ◆Snow forced many drivers to abandon their vehicles.大雪迫使许多驾驶者弃车步行。◆He gave the order to abandon ship(= to leave the ship because it was sinking).他下令弃船(因船快要沉没)。abandonsth to sb/sth ◆They had to abandon their lands to the invading forces.他们不得不舍弃土地,让侵略军占领。3★abandonsth to stop doing sth, especially before it is finished; to stop having sth 中止;放弃;不再有◆They abandoned the match because of rain.因为下雨,他们中止了比赛。◆She abandoned hope of any reconciliation.她对和解已不再抱有希望。4to stop supporting or helping sb; to stop believing in sth 停止(支持或帮助);放弃(信念)abandonsb ◆The country abandoned its political leaders after the war.战后该国人民不再拥护他们的政治领袖。abandonsth ◆By 1930 he had abandoned his Marxist principles.*1930 年时他已放弃了马克思主义信念。 5abandonyourself to sth ( literary) to feel an emotion so strongly that you can feel nothing else 陷入,沉湎于(某种情感)◆He abandoned himself to despair.他陷入绝望。noun[uncountable ]( formal) an uncontrolled way of behaving that shows that sb does not care what other people think 放任;放纵◆He signed cheques with careless abandon.他无所顾忌地乱开支票。IDIOMsee
1to leave someone, especially someone you are responsible for → abandoned: How could she abandon her own child?2to go away from a place, vehicle etc permanently, especially because the situation makes it impossible for you to staySYN leave → abandoned: We had to abandon the car and walk the rest of the way. Fearing further attacks, most of the population had abandoned the city.3to stop doing something because there are too many problems and it is impossible to continue: The game had to be abandoned due to bad weather. They abandoned their attempt to recapture the castle. Because of the fog they abandoned their idea of driving.4to stop having a particular idea, belief, or attitude: They were accused of abandoning their socialist principles. Rescuers had abandoned all hope of finding any more survivors.5abandon yourself to something literary to feel an emotion so strongly that you let it control you completely: She abandoned herself to grief.6abandon ship to leave a ship because it is sinking—abandonment noun [uncountable]
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abandonabandon2 noun [uncountable]
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if someone does something with abandon, they behave in a careless or uncontrolled way, without thinking or caring about what they are doingwith reckless/wild abandon They drank and smoked with reckless abandon.
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