2020考研英语：大师兄5500词汇总结（1）
1 abandon vt.离弃，丢弃；遗弃，抛弃；放弃
1 ~ sb (to sth) （不顾责任、义务等）离弃，遗弃，抛弃
to leave sb, especially sb you are responsible for,
with no intention of returning The baby had been abandoned by its mother.
这个婴儿被母亲遗弃了。
The study showed a deep fear among the elderly of being abandoned to the care of strangers.
研究表明，老人十分害怕被丢给陌生人照管。
2 ~ sth (to sb/sth) （不得已而）舍弃，丢弃，离开
to leave a thing or place,
especially because it is impossible or dangerous to stay Snow forced many drivers to abandon their vehicles.
大雪迫使许多驾驶者弃车步行。
They had to abandon their lands to the invading forces.
他们不得不舍弃土地，让侵略军占领。
He gave the order to abandon ship (= to leave the ship because it was sinking) .
他下令弃船（因船快要沉没）。
3 停止（支持或帮助）；放弃（信念）
to stop supporting or helping sb; to stop believing in sth The country abandoned its political leaders after the war.
战后该国人民不再拥护他们的政治领袖。
By 1930 he had abandoned his Marxist principles.
1930年时他已放弃了马克思主义信念。
4 中止；放弃；不再有
to stop doing sth, especially before it is finished; to stop having sth They abandoned the match because of rain.
因为下雨，他们中止了比赛。
She abandoned hope of any reconciliation. 她对和解已不再抱有希望。
5 ~ yourself to sth (literary) 陷入，沉湎于（某种情感）
to feel an emotion so strongly that you can feel nothing else He abandoned himself to despair. 他陷入绝望。
noun [U] (formal) 放任；放纵
an uncontrolled way of behaving that shows that sb does not care what other people think He signed cheques with careless abandon.
他无所顾忌地乱开支票。
