vt. 放棄，拋棄；離棄，丟棄；使屈從；停止進行，終止
n. 放任，放縱；完全屈從於壓制
放棄； 拋棄； 背棄； 廢棄
過去式：abandoned
過去分詞：abandoned
現在分詞：abandoning
第三人稱單數：abandons
1離棄；遺棄；拋棄 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.
He claimed that his parents had abandoned him...
他聲稱父母遺棄了他。
The road is strewn with abandoned vehicles.
道路上滿是棄置的車輛。
2動詞中途放棄，中止（活動、工作等）
If you abandon an activity or piece of work, you stop doing it before it is finished.
The authorities have abandoned any attempt to distribute food...
當局中止了分發食物的嘗試。
The scheme's investors, fearful of bankruptcy, decided to abandon the project.
因為擔心破產，該計劃的投資者決定放棄這個項目。
3 動詞放棄（想法或思路）
If you abandon an idea or way of thinking, you stop having that idea or thinking in that way.
Logic had prevailed and he had abandoned the idea.
最終理智占了上風，他打消了那個念頭。
4動詞放縱；使沈湎於 If you abandon yourself to an emotion, you think about it a lot and feel it strongly, especially when other people might think you are wrong to do so.
We are scared to abandon ourselves to our feelings in case we seem weak or out of control. 我們不敢放縱自己的情感，以免顯得太過軟弱或缺乏自制。
5不可數名詞放任；縱
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.
He has spent money with gay abandon...
他肆意揮霍錢財。
Their permissiveness toward their children reflects the wild abandon of their own lives.
他們對孩子的放任折射出他們自身生活的放浪形骸。
6 短語（船舶下沈時）棄船
If people abandon ship, they get off a ship because it is sinking.
The officers and crew prepared to abandon ship in an orderly fashion.
全體船員秩序井然地準備棄船。
abandon, desert, forsake, leave, give up
這些動詞或詞組均含“拋棄，放棄”之意
abandon：強調永遠或完全放棄或拋棄人或事物等，這可能是被迫的，也可能是自願的。
desert：著重指違背法律責任和義務，或自己的信仰與誓言的行為，多含非難的意味。
forsake：側重斷絕感情上的依戀，自願拋棄所喜歡的人或物。也指拋棄信仰或改掉惡習。
leave：普通用詞，指舍棄某事或某壹職業，或終止同壹某人的關系，但不涉及動機與果。
give up：普通用語，側重指沒有希望或因外界壓力而放棄。
1.Each side declared that it would never abandon its principle.
各方都說絕不放棄自己的原則.
2. After careful deliberation, it was agreed to abandon the project.
經過慎重考慮, 大家同意放棄這個項目.
3. 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.
4. People were shouting and cheering with abandon.
人們興高采烈,縱情歡呼.
5. We will never abandon our principles.
我們應該堅持原則.