1 VERB 离弃;遗弃;抛弃 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. 离弃;遗弃;抛弃
SYN leave, strand, ditch [slang] , leave behind
2 VERB 中途放弃,中止(活动、工作等) If you abandon an activity or piece of work, you stop doing it before it is finished. 中途放弃,中止(活动、工作等)
-
The authorities have abandoned any attempt to distribute food. [VERB noun]
当局中止了分发食物的尝试。
-
The scheme's investors, fearful of bankruptcy, decided to abandon the project. [VERB noun]
因为担心破产,该计划的投资者决定放弃这个项目。
SYN stop, drop, give up, halt
3 VERB 放弃(想法或思路) If you abandon an idea or way of thinking, you stop having that idea or thinking in that way. 放弃(想法或思路)
4 VERB 放纵;使沉湎于 If you abandon yourself to an emotion, you think about it a lot and feel it strongly, especially when other people might think you are wrong to do so. 放纵;使沉湎于
5 N-UNCOUNT [usu with N] 放任;放纵 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. 放任;放纵 [disapproval]
SYN recklessness, dash, wildness, wantonness
7 PHRASE (船舶下沉时)弃船 If people abandon ship, they get off a ship because it is sinking. (船舶下沉时)弃船
SYN evacuate, quit, withdraw from, vacate
Thesaurus | abandon Also look up: |
VERB. | desert, leave, quit; (ant.) stay 1 break off, give up, quit, stop; (ant.) continue 2 |
View usage for:All yearsLast 10 yearsLast 50 yearsLast 100 yearsLast 300 years