| 释义 |
abandoning, vbl. n.|əˈbændənɪŋ|
[f. abandon v. + -ing1.]
Used in various senses of the verb.
1. The action of giving up, forsaking, deserting.
1640Bp. Hall Christian Mod. 32 (Ward's rep.) It is more profitable to endure a scandal than an abandoning of truth. 1651Sir W. Rawleigh's Ghost 217 The Israelites returned again to their old vomit by abandoning of God. 1790Burke Reg. Peace Let. iv. Wks. V. 98 When thus the helm of justice is abandoned, an universal abandoning of all other posts will succeed.
†2. The action of banishing, casting out, expulsion. Obs.
1611Speed Hist. of Gr. Brit. vii. xxxvi. 332 For the better ordering and administring of iustice, and for the abandoning of theeues. 1660Milton Free Commw. 449 The abandoning of all those whom they call Sectaries, for the detected Falshood and Ambition of som. |