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新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

abandon

英  [əˈbændən]
    

[NOUN, VERB]

    NOUN. 名词
  • 1. [U 不可数名词] 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.

    双语例句

    例：

    He approached life with reckless abandon – I don't think he himself knew what he was going to do next.

    他以不计后果的放纵态度对待生活–我想他自己都不知道他接下来要做什么。

    PHRASE. 习语

  • abandon ship

    1. （因船舶下沉而）弃船

    If people abandon ship, they get off a ship because it is sinking.

    双语例句

    例：

    At the captain's order, they abandoned ship.

    在船长的命令下，他们弃船离开了。

    VERB. 动词

  • abandons , abandoning , abandoned

    1. [T 及物动词] 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.

    近义词

    desert , leave

    双语例句

    例：

    He claimed that his parents had abandoned him.

    他声称他的父母抛弃了他。

    2. [T 及物动词] 中途放弃

    If you abandon an activity or piece of work, you stop doing it before it is finished.

    近义词

    give up

    反义词

    persevere

    双语例句

    例：

    The authorities have abandoned any attempt to distribute food in an orderly fashion.

    当局中途放弃了任何有序地分发食品的尝试。

    例：

    The scheme's investors, fearful of bankruptcy, decided to abandon the project.

    该计划的投资者们由于担心破产而决定放弃这个项目。

    3. [T 及物动词] 放弃（想法或思想方式）

    If you abandon an idea or way of thinking, you stop having that idea or thinking in that way.

    近义词

    give up

    双语例句

    例：

    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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