abandon：名词 放纵a way of behaving that is not sensible and shows that you do not care about the possible results of your actions or what other people think
单词本的第一个单词：abandon
很多人背单词，刚背几个就放弃了，等重整旗鼓，又回到第一页第一个单词，所以很多人觉得对于abandon这个单词真的是达到精通的程度了
可是你真的了解abandon吗？
1.abandon：放弃，抛弃
to leave a place, thing, or person, usually for ever.
e.g: We had to abandon our car.
我们不得不弃车而去。
As a baby he was abandoned by his mother.
他在襁褓之中就被母亲遗弃了。
abandon：中止
to stop doing an activity before you have finished it.
e.g: They had to abandon theri attempt to climb the mountain.
他们被迫中止登山计划。
abandon：名词 放纵
a way of behaving that is not sensible and shows that you do not care about the possible results of your actions or what other people think.
e.g: He spent money with careless abondon.
他随意花钱。
2.abandon oneself to sth: 沉溺于
to allow oneself to be controlled completely by a feeling or way of living.
e.g: He abandoned himself to his emotions.
他完全受自己情绪左右
with a wild/ gay abandon:放纵
in a completely uncontrolled way
e.g: We danced wiht wild/gay abandon.
我们纵情舞蹈。
abandon ship：（因船下沉而）弃船，离开某组织
1. Literally, to escape from a sinking ship.
e.g: After the captain's order, they abandoned ship.
在船长的命令下，他们弃船离开了。
2. By extension, to leave a failing organization or bad situation.
The company was filing for bankruptcy, the employees started to abandon ship.
公司即将破产，员工们开始离开。