abandon [əˈbændən]
这个词可以做及物动词使用，也可以做不可数名词使用。
柯林斯词典对这个词的英文释义：
- V-T. If you abandon a place, thing, or person, you leave the place, thing, or person permanently or for a long time, especially when you should not do so.
- V-T. If you abandon an activity or piece of work, you stop doing it before it is finished.
- V-T. If you abandon an idea or way of thinking, you stop having that idea or thinking in that way.
可见 abandon 这个及物动词，其基本义为“放弃、抛弃、丢弃”，其后面可以接 地点、事物、人、活动、工作、想法、思维等作为补充。
例句:
- Her parents had abandoned her just after she was born. 她出生后她的父母就遗弃了她。
- I abandoned any attempt to convince her. 我放弃了说服她的努力。
- We persuade him to abandon his unrealistic idea. 我们劝说他放弃他的不现实的主意。
4. N-uncount. If you say that someone does something with abandon, you mean that they behave in a wild, uncontrolled way and do not think or care about how they should behave.
可见，abandon 作为不可数名词时，其涵义基本等同于汉语的“放纵”， 显然这是从 “抛弃”、“放弃”这样的基本义引申出来的引申义。
例句：
- He lived a life with reckless abandon. 直译：他以前过的生活伴随着不计后果的放纵。意译：他以前过着放纵的生活。
abandon 加上后缀 -ed， 经常用作形容词，其读音是 /əˈbændənd/
abandoned 做 adjective 时，其涵义为“被废弃的”: An abandoned place or building is no longer used or occupied.
下图是一些 abandoned buildings:
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