- To abandon something is to give it up completely. If you’re in a cabin and a forest fire approaches, you’d better get in your car and abandon your cabin, or else be prepared to abandon your life.
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- vt. 遗弃；放弃
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1. The baby had been abandoned by its mother.
这个婴儿被母亲遗弃了。
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2. 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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3. He gave the order to abandon ship .
他下令弃船（因船快要沉没）。
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4. They abandoned the match because of rain.
因为下雨，他们中止了比赛。
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5. 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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6. He abandoned himself to despair.
他陷入绝望。
- abandon (n.) "a letting loose, freedom from self-restraint, surrender to natural impulses," by 1822 as a French word in English (it remained in italics or quotation marks through much of the 19c.; the naturalized abandonment in this sense was attempted from 1834), from a sense in French abandon "abandonment; permission" (12c.), from abandonner "to surrender, release" (see abandon (v.)).
- abandon (v.) late 14c., "to give up (something) absolutely, relinquish control, give over utterly;" also reflexively, "surrender (oneself), yield (oneself) utterly" (to religion, fornication, etc.), from Old French abandoner "surrender, release; give freely, permit," also reflexive, "devote (oneself)" (12c.).
aban·don ★ AWL / əˈbændən ; NAmE əˈbændən / verb , noun abandon abandons abandoned abandoning verb ★ 1 ★ 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 abandonsb ◆ The baby had been abandoned by its mother. 这个婴儿被母亲遗弃了。 abandonsb to sth ◆ 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。 2 ★ to leave a thing or place, especially because it is impossible or dangerous to stay （不得已而）舍弃，丢弃，离开 SYN leave abandonsth ◆ Snow forced many drivers to abandon their vehicles. 大雪迫使许多驾驶者弃车步行。 ◆ 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）。 abandonsth to sb/sth ◆ 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。 3 ★ abandonsth to stop doing sth, especially before it is finished; to stop having sth 中止；放弃；不再有 ◆ They abandoned the match because of rain. 因为下雨，他们中止了比赛。 ◆ She abandoned hope of any reconciliation. 她对和解已不再抱有希望。 4 to stop supporting or helping sb; to stop believing in sth 停止（支持或帮助）；放弃（信念） abandonsb ◆ 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。 abandonsth ◆ By 1930 he had abandoned his Marxist principles. *1930 年时他已放弃了马克思主义信念。 5 abandonyourself to sth ( literary) to feel an emotion so strongly that you can feel nothing else 陷入，沉湎于（某种情感） ◆ He abandoned himself to despair. 他陷入绝望。 noun [uncountable ] ( formal) an uncontrolled way of behaving that shows that sb does not care what other people think 放任；放纵 ◆ He signed cheques with careless abandon. 他无所顾忌地乱开支票。 IDIOMsee gay adj. aban·don / əˈbændən ; NAmE əˈbændən /
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