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| /əˈbændən/ |
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| 1 | to leave someone when you should stay with them and look after them 抛弃；遗弃 |
| His mother abandoned him when he was five days old. 他出生才5天母亲就遗弃了他。 |
| | 1a | to stop supporting or helping someone 背弃 | | Hardy felt that he had been abandoned by all his followers. 哈迪觉得所有的追随者都背弃了自己。 | |
| | 1b | to suddenly leave someone that you are with （突然）抛下（某人）离开 | | I’ m sorry I abandoned you like that. 很抱歉我那样突然抛下你走了。 | |
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| 2 | to leave a place , especially because it is difficult or dangerous to stay there （尤指因困难或危险而）离开（某地） |
| Most of the villagers have abandoned their homes and fled. 大部分村民弃家逃走了。 |
| The coastal settlements were abandoned in the 19th century. 沿海的定居点废弃于19世纪。 |
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| 3 | to leave something in a place , especially because you are in a hurry or are trying to escape （尤因匆忙或想要逃跑而）丢弃，舍弃 |
| The stolen car was abandoned only five miles away. 被盗汽车被丢弃在仅5英里之外的地方。 |
| a heap of abandoned rifles 一堆丢弃的枪支 |
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| 4 | to stop something that you are doing or planning to do , especially because it is too difficult to continue （尤因难以为继而）中止，放弃 |
| After 20 lessons I finally abandoned my attempt to learn to drive. 上了20节课后，我最终放弃了学驾车的尝试。 |
| The game had to be abandoned because of rain. 比赛因下雨而被迫中止。 |
| George almost persuaded me to abandon my studies and join him. 乔治差点就说服了我放弃学业跟他合作。 |
| | 4a | to stop behaving or talking in a particular way , because it does not help you to achieve what you want 停止（某种行为或说话方式） | | She abandoned caution and began scrambling down the cliff. 她不再小心翼翼，开始顺着悬崖往下爬。 | | abandon all/any pretence (=stop trying to pretend something) By 1978, they had abandoned all pretence of democratic principles. 抛掉所有的虚伪面具 | |
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| 5 | to stop believing or supporting an idea 放弃（某观点） |
| Despite current problems, they have not abandoned their commitment to the peace process. 尽管目前还有许多问题，但他们并未放弃对和平进程的承诺。 |
| By this time, the steady state theory of the universe had been largely abandoned. 到此时，宇宙稳态论大半已被扬弃。 |
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| - | abandon (all) hope
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| to stop believing or hoping that something will happen |
| 放弃（所有的）希望 |
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| The family had abandoned all hope of finding him alive. 家人对他的生还已经不抱任何希望。 |
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| - | abandon ship
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| 1 | to leave a ship or boat because it is dangerous to stay 弃船（逃生） |
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| 2 | to leave an organization because you think it will fail （因认为其将会失败而）退出组织 |
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| - | abandon yourself to sth literary
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| to feel an emotion so strongly that you do not think about anything else |
| 沉迷于某事物；放纵某种感情 |
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| DERIVED WORD |
| abandonment noun U |
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| Words frequently used with abandon | | abandon 的常见搭配词 | | nouns | belief, claim, commitment, concept, idea, policy, principle, | 5 | | | |
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