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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Ford promptly abandoned the idea, even though its flying car would have been cheaper to build and operate than the helicopters that subsequently took over most of their intended roles.

即使飞行汽车也许会比接下来取代其位置的直升飞机更加廉价以及易于操控，福特还是迅速地放弃了这个想法。

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He first toyed with the idea of writing his autobiography in the 1870s but abandoned the idea because he couldn't find a way of telling the truth about himself.

在19世纪70年代，他第一次萌起写自传的想法，但苦于找不到叙述真实的自我的方式，就摒弃了这个想法。

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(SAYING) On the southern coast - known as the Costa del Sol - block after block of apartments lie empty or half finished, many of them designed for foreign buyers who have long since abandoned the idea of investing in Spain.

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Indeed, there was such an uproar in California when the authorities proposed letting power companies adjust the thermostats in people's homes remotely so as to lower overall electricity consumption at peak times the idea was hastily abandoned.

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The idea was later abandoned.

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But after tallying up all the costs to renovate and maintain it, officials abandoned the idea.

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