abandoning
present participle ofabandon
| 单词 | abandoning |
| 释义 | abandoning present participle ofabandon abandon verb[T] uk/əˈbæn.dən/us/əˈbæn.dən/abandonverb[T](LEAVE)B2 toleaveaplace, thing, orperson, usually forever: We had to abandon thecar. By thetimetherebeltroopsarrived, thevillagehad already been abandoned. As ababyhe was abandoned by hismother. We weresinkingfast, and thecaptaingave theorderto abandonship.
Departing
abandonverb[T](STOP)C1 tostopdoing anactivitybefore you havefinishedit: Thegamewas abandoned athalf-timebecause of thepoorweatherconditions. They had to abandontheirattempttoclimbthemountain. Thepartyhas now abandoneditspolicyofunilateraldisarmament. to cancel something
Causing something to end
abandonyourselftosomething toallowyourself to becontrolledcompletelyby afeelingor way ofliving: He abandoned himself to hisemotions. Examplesofabandoningabandoning In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. However, this does not warrant totallyabandoningthe notion of separate senses, particularly in light of evidence of limits in cross-modal representations. From theCambridge English Corpus Reasons forabandoningthe trial included sickness of the farmer and the desire to grow crops other than maize at the experimental site. From theCambridge English Corpus Abandoningthis assumption produces further insight into the behavior of the monetary system, and monetary instability. From theCambridge English Corpus The play then changes radically,abandoningthe conventions of realism, dislocating the hotel room, and placing it into an undisclosed war-zone. From theCambridge English Corpus In fact, however, the state wasabandoningdirect control in favour of a more indirect approach: talk of the state 'pulling out' was simplistic. From theCambridge English Corpus The most likely objection toabandoningthe apostrophe is probably the resultant confusion between homographs (words of identical spelling). From theCambridge English Corpus Not being able to clinically describe brain failure should not, however, lead toabandoningthe disorder "delirium," and to focus only on the primary causes. From theCambridge English Corpus My analysis would suggest that, at this point, the physicians and hospitals were unfortunately stuck, since they could not have justifiedabandoningeither patient. From theCambridge English Corpus The king has been tricked,abandoninghis empire for the empty pleasures of grand opera. From theCambridge English Corpus In contrast, cultural relativism - the uncritical acceptance of any culture's views as valid within that culture - risksabandoningthe substantive values of one's own culture. From theCambridge English Corpus His contribution to the understanding of prosocial behavior would also benefit fromabandoningthe traditional (and excessively restrictive) definition of altruism. From theCambridge English Corpus And the hearer is expected to recognize that the contradiction should be resolved byabandoning(36b). From theCambridge English Corpus The third strategy consists ofabandoningthe idea that cognition exclusively involves symbol manipulation. From theCambridge English Corpus In this way does theabandoningof good works. From theCambridge English Corpus We think the anomalies he catalogues can be accounted for withoutabandoningthis foundational principle of deterministic behavioral science. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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