abandon

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Pronunciation

/əˈbændən/(uh-BAN-dun)

Part of speech

verbneutral

Chinese

放弃；抛弃（完全停止做某事或离开某人某物）

Definition

To give up completely; to leave permanently; to stop doing something before it is finished.

Word family

  • abandonment/əˈbændənmənt/(n)放弃；遗弃
  • abandoned/əˈbændənd/(adj)被放弃的

Collocations

  • abandon a plan
  • abandon ship
  • abandon hope
  • abandon the idea
  • abandon a project
  • be abandoned

Examples

  1. 1.The company abandoned the product line after market research showed insufficient demand to justify continued investment.
  2. 2.She refused to abandon the project despite mounting pressure to redirect resources elsewhere.

Synonyms

  • relinquish/rɪˈlɪŋkwɪʃ/— voluntarily give up
  • forsake/fəˈseɪk/— give up completely — formal
  • discard/dɪˈskɑːd/— throw away

Etymology

from Old French "abandoner" = to give into someone's control, from "a bandon" (under someone's jurisdiction)