单词 | abandon |
例句 | abandon verb 1.•the party abandoned policies that made it unelectable:renounce, relinquish, dispense with, disclaim, forgo, disown, disavow, discard, wash one's hands of | give up, withdraw, drop, jettison, do away with | informal ax, ditch, dump, scrap, scrub, junk, deep-six | formal forswear, abjure. ANT keep, retain. 2.•by that time, she had abandoned painting:give up, stop, cease, drop, forgo, desist from, dispense with, have done with, abstain from, discontinue, break off, refrain from, set aside | informal cut out, kick, pack in, quit. ANT take up, continue. 3.•he abandoned his wife and children:desert, leave, leave high and dry, turn one's back on, cast aside, break (up) with | jilt, strand, leave stranded, leave in the lurch, throw over | informal walk out on, run out on, dump, ditch | literary forsake. 4.•the skipper gave the order to abandon ship:vacate, leave, depart from, withdraw from, quit, evacuate. 5.•a vast expanse of territory was abandoned to the invaders:relinquish, surrender, give up, cede, yield, leave. ANT keep, claim. 6.•she abandoned herself to the sensuousness of the music:indulge in, give way to, give oneself up to, yield to, lose oneself to/in. ANT control oneself.▶noun •at age sixty he had no less abandon than when he was twenty:uninhibitedness, recklessness, lack of restraint, lack of inhibition, wildness, impulsiveness, impetuosity, immoderation, wantonness. ANT self-control.CHOOSE THE RIGHT WORD See |
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