abandon /əˈbændən/ CET4 TEM4 ( abandoning, abandoned, abandons )

• 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

  例：

  He claimed that his parents had abandoned him.

  他声称他的父母抛弃了他。

• 2. 

  V-T If you abandon an activity or piece of work, you stop doing it before it is finished. 中途放弃

  例：

  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。

• 3. 

  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)

  例：

  Logic had prevailed and he had abandoned the idea.

  理性占了上风，他放弃了该想法。

• 4. 

  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 [usu 'with' N] [表不满]

  例：

  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。

• 5. 

  → see also abandoned

• 6. 

  PHRASE If people abandon ship, they get off a ship because it is sinking. (因船舶下沉而) 弃船

  例：

  At the captain's order, they abandoned ship.

  在船长的命令下，他们弃船离开了。