Englisch > Deutsch | |
abandon | |
1. Verb: | |
2. [1] aufgeben, preisgeben, im Stich lassen, verlassen, überlassen, sitzen lassen, jemanden seinem Schicksal überlassen | |
3. [2] Sport: aufgeben | |
[1] The search was abandoned. | |
Die Suche wurde aufgegeben. | |
[1] "The German government has abandoned plans to make it easier for highly skilled foreign workers to immigrate to Germany." | |
Die deutsche Regierung hat den Plan aufgegeben, die Einwanderung für hochqualifizierte ausländische Arbeitskräfte nach Deutschland zu erleichtern. | |
[2] "The diagnosis of ACAOS (or some ther CAA) may negatively affect an athlete's emotional outlook if he or she has to abandon sports activities." | |
Englisch > Englisch | |
abandon | |
1. v. To give up or relinquish control of, to surrender or to give oneself over, or to yield to one's emotions. | |
2. v. To desist in doing, practicing, following, holding, or adhering to; to turn away from; to permit to lapse; to renounce; to discontinue. | |
3. v. To leave behind; to desert as in a ship or a position, typically in response to overwhelming odds or impending dangers; to forsake, in spite of a duty or responsibility. | |
Many baby girls have been abandoned on the streets of Beijing. | |
4. v. (transitive, obsolete) To subdue; to take control of. | |
5. v. (transitive, obsolete) To cast out; to banish; to expel; to reject. | |
6. v. To no longer exercise a right, title, or interest, especially with no interest of reclaiming it again; to yield; to relinquish. | |
7. v. To surrender to the insurer (an insured item), so as to claim a total loss. | |
8. subst. A yielding to natural impulses or inhibitions; freedom from artificial constraint, with loss of appreciation of consequences.(R:CDOE, page=2). | |
9. subst. (obsolete) abandonment; relinquishment. | |