【abandonment】 - A-level备考词汇

abandonment

UK:  [ə'bændənmənt]

US:  [ə'bændənmənt]

n.

1.委托;放弃;弃权

2.放弃,断念

3.废弃

4.抛弃

5.委付

6.放肆

7.放纵

8.【保险】投保;遗弃

1 . Most migrants seem to see a foreign passport as insurance against the worst-case scenario rather than as a complete abandonment of China.
看起来，大多数移民都只是把外国护照当做应对最坏情况的一种保险，并不想彻底抛弃中国。

2 . When coming back home, she wept at once, with sudden, wild abandonment in her mother's arms.
回到家，他放肆地哭倒在她母亲的臂弯里，内心像被某种东西抽空了。

3 . The word "forsaken" refers to an experience of total abandonment that leaves individuals feeling alone in their time of greatest need.
“被抛弃的”一词指一种在一个人最被需要的时段让人感觉到孤独、完全被抛弃的体验。

4 . "At the end of this, we have to have the abandonment of all programs, weapons and materials, " she said.
“最后，我们将不得不要求他们放弃所有的核项目、核武器以及原材料”，她说到。

5 . I just wanted to share those feelings with you, if only for a few hours. Despair, loss, abandonment, betrayal.
绝望，失去，遗失，背叛，我只想和你分享这些痛苦，哪怕就几个小时；