abandon / əˈbændən; əˋbændən/ v (a) [Tn] go away from (a person or thing or place) not intending to return; forsake; desert 离开（某人﹑ 某物或某地）而不返回; 遗弃; 抛弃; 离弃: a baby abandoned by its parents 被父母遗弃的婴儿 * an abandoned car, dwelling, fort, village 被抛弃的汽车﹑ 被离弃的住所﹑ 被遗弃的堡垒﹑ 被离弃的村庄 * give orders to abandon ship, i.e. to leave a sinking ship 下令弃船（离开正在下沉的船）. (b) [Tn, Dn.pr] ~ sth / sb (to sb) leave sth / sb to be taken (by sb) 舍弃某物[某人]而被（别人）取得: They abandoned their lands to the invading forces. 他们丢下了土地﹐遭侵略军占领. [Tn] give up completely (esp. sth begun) 完全放弃（尤指已开始的某事物）: abandon a project, plan, scheme, etc. 放弃一项方案﹑ 计划﹑ 设计等 * urge people who smoke to abandon the habit 敦促吸烟的人戒烟 * He abandoned all hope, i.e. stopped hoping. 他放弃了一切希望. * The match was abandoned because of bad weather. 比赛因天气恶劣而取消. [Tn.pr] ~ oneself to sth (fml 文) yield completely to (an emotion or impulse) 完全屈从于（某种情感或冲动）: He abandoned himself to despair. 他陷入绝望中. > abandon (also abandonment) n [U] freedom from worry or inhibitions 放任; 纵情: dance with wild/gay abandon 狂放地[尽情地]跳舞. abandoned adj [usu. attrib 通常作定语] (of people or behaviour) wild or immoral （指人或行为）放荡的﹐堕落的. abandonment n [U] abandoning 遗弃; 抛弃; 离弃; 放弃; 舍弃: Her abandonment of the idea upset him. 她放弃了这一意见, 他很不高兴.