| 单词 | abandoned |
| 释义 | abandoned (once / 191 pages) 1adj 2adj There's nothing spookier than an abandoned house that's still full of dusty, decaying furniture. When something is abandoned, it's been cast off or deserted. The adjective abandoned describes something that's been given up or discarded. You can use it to talk about a kitten abandoned at an animal shelter, an old car abandoned by the side of the road, or a person's dreams of becoming an opera singer abandoned when they had kids. It comes from the French phrase mettre a bandon, "put someone under another's control." WORD FAMILYabandoned: abandonedly+/abandon: abandoned, abandoning, abandonment, abandons/abandonment: abandonments USAGE EXAMPLESThe driver abandoned the car and fled on foot; his female passenger was detained and questioned by authorities, and later released, Nicholson said. Los Angeles Times(Jan 02, 2017) The idea was ultimately abandoned in the 1980s. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) Obama, as I wrote earlier this week, abandoned this promise in his first year in office. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1 adj forsaken by owner or inhabitants 2weed-grown yard of an abandoned farmhouse Syn derelict, deserted uninhabited not having inhabitants; not lived in adj free from constraint "an abandoned sadness born of grief"- Liam O'Flaherty Syn uninhibited not inhibited or restrained |
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