常用词4: Abandon
ABANDON to abandon ship -
to abrogate one's responsibilities or
to abandon a project
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abandon I n. 1. great, reckless, wild ~ 2. with ~
(with reckless ~)
abandon II v. (D; tr.) to ~ to (they ~ed us to our
fate)
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[ VN ]
1.
~ sb (to sth) 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
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The baby had been abandoned by its mother. 这个婴儿被母亲遗弃了。
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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。
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~ sth (to sb/sth) to leave a thing or place, especially because it is impossible or dangerous to stay SYN leave (不得已而)舍弃,丢弃,离开
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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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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。
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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)。
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to stop supporting or helping sb; to stop believing in sth 停止(支持或帮助);放弃(信念)
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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。
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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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to stop doing sth, especially before it is finished; to stop having sth 中止;放弃;不再有
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They abandoned the match because of rain. 因为下雨,他们中止了比赛。
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She abandoned hope of any reconciliation. 她对和解已不再抱有希望。
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~ yourself to sth ( literary ) to feel an emotion so strongly that you can feel nothing else 陷入,沉湎于(某种情感)
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He abandoned himself to despair. 他陷入绝望。
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[ U ] ( formal ) an uncontrolled way of behaving that shows that sb does not care what other people think 放任;放纵
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He signed cheques with careless abandon. 他无所顾忌地乱开支票。
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1.
V-T 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. 抛弃
• He claimed that his parents had abandoned him.
他声称他的父母抛弃了他。
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V-T If you abandon an activity or piece of work, you stop doing it before it is finished. 中途放弃
• The authorities have abandoned any attempt to distribute food in an orderly fashion.
当局中途放弃了任何有序地分发食品的尝试。
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V-T If you abandon an idea or way of thinking, you stop having that idea or thinking in that way. 放弃 (想法或思想方式)
• Logic had prevailed and he had abandoned the idea.
理性占了上风,他放弃了该想法。
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N-UNCOUNT 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. 放纵
• He approached life with reckless abandon–I don't think he himself knew what he was going to do next.
他以不计后果的放纵态度对待生活–我想他自己都不知道他接下来要做什么。
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→see also abandoned
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PHRASE If people abandon ship, they get off a ship because it is sinking. (因船舶下沉而) 弃船
• At the captain's order, they abandoned ship.
在船长的命令下,他们弃船离开了。
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a-ban-don /a'bandan/ v. 1 desert or leave
permanently: he abandoned hisfamily and
moved to London. 2 give up a course of
action completely. 3 (abandon oneself to)
make no attempt to resist something: she
abandoned herself to his kiss. n. complete
lack of self-control or self-consciousness:
dancers swung their bodies with wild abandon.
a-ban-don-ment n.
a-ban-doned /a'bandand/ adj. wild and
uninhibited.
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vt . 1) leave completely and forever; desert 离弃; 抛
弃 :The sailors ~ed the burning ship .水手们离弃了燃烧着的船 .The ca r
was found ~ed near the village .那辆车被发现丢弃在村子附近 . 2 ) give
up 放弃 : In his early days he ~ed medicine for literature .他早年弃医学
文 .
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