📖 Определения и значения для слова abandon
📒 to leave somebody, especially somebody you are responsible for, with no intention of returning
- abandon somebody The baby had been abandoned by its mother.
- People often simply abandon their pets when they go abroad.
- abandon somebody to something ‘We have been abandoned to our fate,’ said one resident.
📒 to leave a thing or place, especially because it is impossible or dangerous to stay
- abandon something Snow forced many drivers to abandon their vehicles.
- He gave the order to abandon ship (= to leave the ship because it was sinking).
- abandon something to somebody/something They had to abandon their lands to the invading forces.
📒 to stop doing something, especially before it is finished; to stop having something
- They abandoned the match because of rain.
- The plans for reform were quietly abandoned.
- She abandoned hope of any reconciliation.
📒 to stop supporting or helping somebody; to stop believing in something
- abandon somebody The country abandoned its political leaders after the war.
- abandon something By 1930 he had abandoned his Marxist principles.
- This principle has now been effectively abandoned.
📒 to feel an emotion so strongly that you can feel nothing else
- He abandoned himself to despair.