abandon vt.放弃, 遗弃n.放任, 狂热
解析:He abandoned himself to despair. 他自暴自弃.
He abandoned his wife and child.他遗弃了妻儿.
【同】 desert, forsake
【辨析】
abandon表示完全放弃自己以前负有责任的事物;
She abandoned her husband and children and went off with another man.
她抛弃了自己的丈夫和孩子, 跟另外一个男人跑了。
desert还具有背信弃义,放弃岗位的意思,违反了法律或道德的义务;
The young soldier deserted the army.
那名年轻战士从军队里开了小差。
None of her friends had deserted her.
她的朋友都没有背离她。
forsake表示断绝了以往深爱的人或物,从精神上脱离联系.
He was forsaken by his friends.
他被朋友们背弃了。