English Dictionary

abandon

/əˈbæn.dən/

verb

(transitive) To give up or relinquish control of, to surrender or to give oneself over, or to yield to one's emotions.

He decided to abandon his plans and start over.

意味（1）

(transitive) To give up or relinquish control of, to surrender or to give oneself over, or to yield to one's emotions.

[…] he abandoned himself […] to his favourite vice.

意味（2）

(transitive) To desist in doing, practicing, following, holding, or adhering to; to turn away from; to permit to lapse; to renounce; to discontinue.

In order to grant the rich these pleasures, the social contract is reconfigured. […] The public realm is privatised, the regulations restraining the ultra–wealthy and the companies they control are abandoned, and Edwardian levels of inequality are almost fetishised.

意味（3）

(transitive) To leave behind; to desert, as in a ship, a position, or a person, typically in response to overwhelming odds or impending dangers; to forsake, in spite of a duty or responsibility.

Hope was overthrown, and yet could not be abandoned.

意味（4）

(transitive, obsolete) To subdue; to take control of.

意味（5）

(transitive, obsolete) To cast out; to banish; to expel; to reject.

Being all this time abandoned from your bed.

意味（6）

(transitive) To no longer exercise a right, title, or interest, especially with no interest of reclaiming it again; to yield; to relinquish.

I hereby abandon my position as manager.

意味（7）

(transitive) To surrender to the insurer (an insured item), so as to claim a total loss.