[?b?nd?n]
vt.
離棄, 丟棄
Jackson has abandoned his old car.
傑克遜把他那輛舊車扔了。
遺棄, 拋棄
I'm sorry I abandoned you like that.
很抱歉我那樣突然拋下妳走了。
放棄
We will never abandon our principles.
我們應該堅持原則。
n.
放任; 縱情
People were shouting and cheering with abandon.
人們興高采烈，縱情歡呼。
用法詞典
abandon
這個詞的古法語是 à bandon.à=at 在，bandon 力量，權威
參考詞匯
abandon , desert , forsake 這三個動詞的壹般含義是“丟棄”。
abondon 的確切含義是失去控制，或喪失了占有的能力，或“放棄”某物而不準備再要了。
and since most medical men in the Health Services are overworked and have little time for offering time-consuming and littleappreciated advice on such subjects as diet, right living, and the need for abandoning bad habits, …。
…因為衛生部門多數醫務工作者都過度疲勞，他們幾乎沒有時間提供諸如食譜、正確的起居和克服壞習慣的必要性等方面的既費時間又不被賞識的意見…。
desert 的確切含義是“過去占有過”或“過去是夥伴”。狹義地講，這個詞指“拋棄自己的義務”。
a deserted village
空無壹人的村莊
a deserted street at night
夜裏無人的大街
the deserted wife and children
被遺棄的妻子兒女
As he hated army life, he decide to desert his regiment.
因為他嫌惡軍隊生活，所以他決心背棄自己所在的那個團。
Few things could be more impressive than the peace that descends on deserted city streets at week-ends when the thousands that travel to work every day are tucked away in their homes in the country.
每當周末，那些天天遠道趕來上班的數千人們，又躲進鄉下自己的家裏。此刻有壹種寧靜的氣氛籠罩著那無人的大街。它給人們的感受是無與倫比的。
forsake 通常表示與某人或某物脫離聯系。
to forsake one's former belief
放棄過去的信仰
to forsake one's old friend
背離老朋友
He was forsaken smoking for years.
他戒煙已有多年了。
現代英漢綜合大辭典
abandon
[?b?nd?n]
vt.
放棄
(=desert)遺棄, 丟棄
放肆, 放縱; 沈湎於
委付(將部分損失的保險物給保險商, 以獲得全額賠款)
abandon one's idea
放棄自己的想法
He abandoned his wife and child.
他遺棄了他的妻子和孩子。
They abandon themselves to drinking.
他們沈湎於飲酒。
Do not abandon yourself to despair.
不要悲觀失望。
詞性變化
abandon
[?b?nd?n]
n.
放肆; 放縱; 盡情; 任意
The girls jumped up and down and waved their arms with abandon.
那些女孩子跳上跳下盡情地揮舞著手臂。
繼承用法
abandonable
adj.
abandoner
n.
放棄者;律遺棄者
習慣用語
abandon oneself to
沈緬於, 陷入