abandonment

英[ə'bændənmənt] 美[ə'bændənmənt]
  • n. 放弃;自暴自弃;放纵
TOEFL
Noun:
  1. the act of giving something up

  2. withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility;

    "his abandonment of his wife and children left them penniless"

  3. the voluntary surrender of property (or a right to property) without attempting to reclaim it or give it away

1. Constant rain forced the abandonment of the next day's competitions.
连绵阴雨致使翌日各项赛事被迫中止。

来自柯林斯例句

2. the government's abandonment of its new economic policy
政府对新经济政策的放弃

来自《权威词典》

3. Lack of money led to the abandonment of this plan.
由于缺乏经费,最后只好放弃这项计划.

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. In its most general sense, corruption means the perversion or abandonment.
就其最一般的意义上说, 舞弊就是堕落,就是背离准则.

来自辞典例句

5. He would be happy if it cost all honesty of statement , all abandonment of truth.
他还是会得意洋洋,哪怕它的代价是弥天大谎, 放弃全部真理.

来自辞典例句

    用作名词 (n.)
    1. Her abandonment of the idea upset him.
      她放弃了这一意见,他很不高兴。
    2. In other words, nonuse does not constitute abandonment by itself.
      换句话说,不使用并不意味放弃。
    3. Such an artistic transformation, self-suppression or abandonment, is touching upon a truth of emotion and psyche, like an isolated emotion or attitude of self-respect.
      这种自我抑制或自我放纵的艺术转化,触及了一种情感上或者心理上的真实,就像孤绝的情感和自我尊重的态度。