abandon學測 L4KK [əˈbændən] ｜ /əˈbændən/
棄置；離開住所·放棄責任；棄守職務·棄人不顧；不聞不問·放棄（夢想、目標）·放棄（主張、想法）·縱情忘我；毫無拘束
多義動詞，常見於棄守、棄權情境
The captain wouldn't abandon ship until everyone was safe.
船長不肯棄船，直到大家都安全為止。
一個畫面：鬆手放開
放開責任手一鬆，不再扛著該做的事
轉身離去人走了，留下空蕩蕩的地方
縱情忘我放開束縛，盡情不受控制
義項
棄屋逃離B2verb棄置；離開住所
After the fire, the family had to abandon their house and stay with friends.
火災過後，這家人不得不放棄他們的房子，暫住朋友家。
abandon a houseabandon a car
撂下工作B2verb放棄責任；棄守職務
He became the leader of the club but soon abandoned his job and never showed up again.
他成為社團的社長，但很快就放棄了工作，再也沒有出現。
abandon a jobabandon a role
棄之不理B2verb棄人不顧；不聞不問
When he got sick, his friends abandoned him and never called again.
當他生病時，朋友們棄他不顧，再也沒有打電話給他。
abandon a friendfeel abandoned
揮別夢想C1verb放棄（夢想、目標）
After years of trying, she finally decided to abandon her dream of becoming a singer.
嘗試多年後，她終於決定放棄成為歌手的夢想。
abandon a dreamabandon a plan
放棄猜測C1verb放棄（主張、想法）
After more tests, the doctor abandoned his first guess and looked for a new answer.
做了更多檢查後，醫生放棄了他原本的猜測，尋找新的答案。
abandon an ideaabandon a claim
縱情忘我B2noun縱情忘我；毫無拘束
The kids ran around the yard with total abandon, laughing and shouting.
孩子們在院子裡毫無拘束地到處跑，又笑又叫。
with wild abandonwith total abandon
片語
abandon ship棄船逃生 →船出事，趕緊棄船逃命
abandon hope放棄希望 →不再抱持任何希望
with wild abandon縱情忘我 →毫無拘束地盡情去做
abandon a plan取消計畫 →決定不再進行原計畫
你會不會這樣說？
The house at the end of the street looks ___ ; no one has lived there for years. (abandon / abandoned)
看答案
abandoned
abandon 是動詞，abandoned 是形容詞，用來修飾名詞。
'The kids ran around the yard with total abandon.' 這裡的 abandon 最接近下列何義？(A) 放棄 (B) 毫無拘束的忘我 (C) 棄船逃生
看答案
(B)
此句中 abandon 是名詞，指毫無拘束、盡情投入的狀態，不是動詞的放棄。
字族
abandoned 被棄置的；荒廢的・abandonment 遺棄；放棄（行為）