abandon
abandon — verb
1. to go away from a place, an object, or a person and have no plan to come back, o
to go away from a place, an object, or a person and have no plan to come back, often because staying is no longer possible or because you stop caring about what you leave.
The crew had to abandon the ship after a fire broke out below deck.
abandon + ship/vehicle in danger
Noa abandoned his old car at the side of the highway when the engine died.
Police found a baby boy abandoned outside the hospital early on Sunday morning.
After the flood, many families were forced to abandon their homes in the village.
Mei felt her father had abandoned her when he moved overseas and never wrote home.
文法句型
abandon + noun (place/person/thing)
用法筆記
Object is usually a place, vehicle, or a dependent person. Often passive when the focus is the thing or person left behind, as in 'the car was abandoned'.
常見錯誤
2. to stop working on a plan, idea, or activity, or to stop holding a belief or pri
to stop working on a plan, idea, or activity, or to stop holding a belief or principle, with no intention of returning to it later.
The team abandoned the project after their main sponsor pulled out.
abandon + project/plan
Heavy rain forced the umpires to abandon the cricket match before tea.
abandon + match/game
By her thirties, Yuki had abandoned any hope of becoming a professional dancer.
The new government quickly abandoned its promise to lower taxes for working families.
Doctors urged the patient not to abandon his treatment halfway through the course.
文法句型
abandon + noun (plan/idea/effort)
用法筆記
Object is typically an abstract noun: a plan, project, idea, hope, principle, or activity in progress. Distinguish from sense 1, where the object is a physical place, vehicle, or a person.
常見錯誤
3. to let a strong emotion, or a whole style of living, take full control of you so
to let a strong emotion, or a whole style of living, take full control of you so that you stop holding back — for example, throwing yourself into grief, joy, or pleasure without any restraint.
On the dance floor, Lucia abandoned herself to the rhythm and forgot the long week.
abandon oneself to + noun
After the funeral, he abandoned himself to grief for several silent weeks.
abandon oneself to grief/sorrow
The young poet abandoned himself to a life of wine, late nights, and reckless travel.
The crowd abandoned themselves to cheering when the home team scored in the final minute.
文法句型
abandon oneself to + noun
用法筆記
Almost always reflexive: 'abandon yourself / himself / themselves to' a feeling or way of life. Belongs to a literary or formal register; rarely heard in everyday speech.
常見錯誤
abandon — noun
1. the state of acting freely and without holding yourself back, where feelings or
the state of acting freely and without holding yourself back, where feelings or impulses are followed openly with no thought of caution or what others think.
The children jumped into the pool with wild abandon as soon as the gate opened.
with wild / reckless abandon
He drove around the empty car park with reckless abandon, laughing the whole time.
with reckless abandon
The singer threw her arms out and danced across the stage with pure abandon.
Tourists ate the street food with gay abandon, ignoring their travel guide's warnings.
- recklessness
stronger negative tone; suggests danger or harm
- abandonment
different word: 'abandonment' usually means the act of leaving, not free behaviour
- wildness
more general; describes uncontrolled energy
- restraint
deliberate self-control over feelings or actions
- self-control
the ability to keep your emotions and behaviour in check
文法句型
with abandon
with reckless / wild / gay abandon
用法筆記
Almost always appears in the fixed phrase 'with abandon', usually with an adjective such as 'wild', 'reckless', or 'gay'. Uncountable: do not say 'an abandon' or 'abandons'.