English主要词典
abandon
Universal Words
verb, noun
verb [VN]
1 ~ sb (to sth) to leave sb, especially sb you are responsible for, with no intention of returning:
The baby had been abandoned by its mother. * People often simply abandon their pets when they go abroad. * The study showed a deep fear among the elderly of being abandoned to the care of strangers.
2 ~ sth (to sb/sth) to leave a thing or place, especially because it is impossible or dangerous to stay:
Snow forced many drivers to abandon their vehicles. * They had to abandon their lands and property to the invading forces. * He gave the order to abandon ship (= to leave the ship because it was sinking).
3 to stop supporting or helping sb; to stop believing in sth:
The country abandoned its political leaders after the war. * By 1930 he had abandoned his Marxist principles.
4 to stop doing sth, especially before it is finished; to stop having sth:
They had to abandon the match because of rain. * I have abandoned hope of any reconciliation. * We had to abandon any further attempt at negotiation.
5 ~ yourself to sth (literary) to feel an emotion so strongly that you can feel nothing else:
He abandoned himself to despair.
noun [U] (written) an uncontrolled way of behaving that shows that sb does not care what other people think:
He signed cheques with careless abandon.
IDIOMS see GAYadj.