理性占了上风，他放弃了该想法。

Logic had prevailed and he had abandoned the idea.

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

他放弃了按部就班的政治工作，不再参与公众事务。

He gave up on programmatic politics and turned his back on public life.

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

由于某种莫名其妙的原因，他放弃了一份很不错的工作。

For some inexplicable reason he gave up a fantastic job.

《牛津词典》

Into My Own" . "Legend": "the youth is persuaded that he will be rather more than less himself for having foresworn the world."

进入自我“，“传奇“,“这个少年被劝诱，如果他放弃世界,他将不再是他自己“

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CFO He could have been CFO at lots of other companies, but he stayed with the company, and the company stayed with him.

他可以去很多其它的公司做，但他没有放弃公司，公司也没有放弃他。

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When Abraham prepares to slaughter his own son, Perhaps God sees that blind faith can be as destructive and evil as disobedience, So God relinquishes his demand for blind obedience: he stops Abraham himself.

当亚伯拉罕准备屠杀他的亲生儿子时，上帝也许发现了盲目信仰,会与叛逆一样具有毁灭，一样邪恶，因此上帝放弃了对盲目信仰的要求：,他自己阻止了亚伯位罕。

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