abandon
verb [ T ] uk/??b?n.d?n/ us/??b?n.d?n/
(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
#p#分页标题#e#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 #p#分页标题#e#
noun literary uk/??b?n.d?n/ us/??b?n.d?n/
with (gay/wild) abandon 尽情;放纵
in a completely uncontrolled way
We danced with wild abandon. 我们纵情舞蹈。
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