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abandon




Definitionen

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.

Beispielsätze

Do you think we should abandon ship? 
    Denken Sie, dass wir das Schiff verlassen sollten?



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