a·ban·don/ə`bændən; əˈbændən/ v [T] 1 to leave someone or something for a long time or FOREVER, without intending to go back and get them 放弃，离弃，遗弃〔某人或某物〕: The baby had been abandoned outside a hospital in Liverpool. 婴儿被遗弃在利物浦的一所医院外。 2 to stop doing or using something because of problems 〔因某事物有问题而〕放弃; 中止: The new policy had to be abandoned. 新政策被迫中止。