Abandon

(noun.) the trait of lacking restraint or control; reckless freedom from inhibition or worry; 'she danced with abandon'.

(verb.) stop maintaining or insisting on; of ideas or claims; 'He abandoned the thought of asking for her hand in marriage'; 'Both sides have to give up some claims in these negotiations'.

(verb.) leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch; 'The mother deserted her children'.

(verb.) give up with the intent of never claiming again; 'Abandon your life to God'; 'She gave up her children to her ex-husband when she moved to Tahiti'; 'We gave the drowning victim up for dead'.

(verb.) forsake, leave behind; 'We abandoned the old car in the empty parking lot'.

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• I conjured him, incoherently, but in the most impassioned manner, not to abandon himself to this wildness, but to hear me. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• He would inform you that it is against all rule to abandon the lady's money entirely to the man she marries. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• As if a gentleman could abandon his own country! 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• Ah, don't say that, he cried; say what's true: that you abandon me like the others. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• It would be wisdom to abandon it now, after all the time, anxiety, and pains I have bestowed upon it! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• He would abandon a hero's or a martyr's end gladly. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• It is enough,' said the agitated Mr. Slurk, pacing to and fro, 'to curdle the ink in one's pen, and induce one to abandon their cause for ever. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• My rescue from this kind of existence I considered quite hopeless, and abandoned, as such, altogether. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• Ferdinand, the brother of Charles V, took over his abandoned work and met the German princes at the diet of Augsburg in 1555. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Now I wept: Helen Burns was not here; nothing sustained me; left to myself I abandoned myself, and my tears watered the boards. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• He abandoned the resin as a sensitive material, and went back to the salts of silver. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• Groups of every description were to be seen devouring the food and swallowing the liquor thus abandoned to their discretion. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• If I had presented a pistol at his head, this abandoned wretch could hardly have exhibited greater consternation. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• In this frame of mind, I not only abandoned my contemplated visit to Mrs. Ablewhite--I even shrank from encountering Gabriel Betteredge himself. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• And that poor bloody Sordo abandoning his pidgin Spanish to explain it to him so carefully. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• The crusaders were abandoning even their loot. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• You may also tell him, from me, that after abandoning his worldly goods and position to this butcherly mob, I wonder he is not at the head of them. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• During the night the enemy quitted our right front, abandoning some of their wounded, and without burying their dead. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Borne outward by the retreating waters, the light craft swept past him, but he also, abandoning himself to the waves, was carried seaward. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• His mother drew a long breath, and, abandoning the visit to Thomasin, turned back. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• This complicated process having been effected, the party walked slowly forward, leading the horse among them, and abandoning the chaise to its fate. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• Please tell Madame Olenska that we shall all feel lost when she abandons our street. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• While she is gone, the surgeon abandons his hopeless investigation and covers its subject with the patchwork counterpane. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• The prisoner turned with the reckless air of a man who abandons himself to his destiny. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.

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