/əˈbændən ||; əˈbændən/verb[T] 1 to leave sb/sth that you are responsible for, usually permanently (通常指永远地)离弃,废弃: The bank robbers abandoned the car just outside the city. 抢劫银行的匪徒把汽车弃置在郊外。
2 to stop doing sth without finishing it or without achieving what you wanted to do (中途)放弃;半途而废:
The search for the missing sailors was abandoned after two days. 两天后,搜索失踪船员的工作就作罢了。 ➔abandonment noun [U]