新概念英语
abandon [bndn]的用法我们可以简单的归纳为：
01抛弃，放弃（人或其他的东西）
Gregor couldn't believe his dad would abandon the family and never look back.
格雷戈无法相信他的父亲会抛弃这个家庭，再也不回头。
Once you have abandoned yourself, it is very common to project this self-abandonment onto others and feel abandoned by people.
一旦你自暴自弃，把这种自我抛弃投射到别人身上并感到被人抛弃是很常见的。
Most will be housed in one of our abandoned castles.
大部分人将被安置在我们荒废的城堡里。
Eventually he abandoned the attempt to free them, and they journeyed on.
最终他放弃了释放他们的尝试，他们继续前行。
Three days later, his jacket and knapsack were found abandoned, miles into the woods.
三天后，他的夹克和背包被发现遗弃在几英里外的树林里。
abandonment（名词）
As we cross over the freeway, the same cars are still on the roadway below, and now there’s clear evidence of abandonment.
当我们穿过高速公路时，那辆车仍然停在下面的车道上，明显有弃车迹象。
Child abandonment was once routine; in Ancient Rome, 20 to 40 percent of babies were left to die of exposure.
遗弃儿童曾经是家常便饭；在古罗马，20%到40%的婴儿被留在露天等死。
02放任；放纵（情感）可以做名词或动词，常用在固定搭配里：
abandon oneself to 纵情、恣意、沉溺于
Don't abandon yourself to pleasures.
不要沉溺于享乐。
After her mother died, she abandoned herself to grief.
她母亲死后，她沉浸在悲痛之中。
Shall I abandon myself to a dispirited despair, or fly in the face of the Almighty?
我是任凭自己懊丧绝望下去呢，还是公然反抗万能的上.帝呢?
with abandon 尽情地；放纵地
The boys jumped up and down and waved their arms with abandon.
男孩们上蹦下跳，尽情挥舞着双臂。
She ran hard, with abandon, into the narrow swatch of the clearing, darker here with the closer trees.
她拼命地，尽情地，跑进那片狭窄的空地，两边树木越近，光线越暗。
with gay abandon 不考虑后果；轻率
He has spent money his parents left to him with gay abandon.
他肆意挥霍父母遗留给他的钱财。
