[영어 단어] abandon

 

abandon

[어벤-든]
(특히 돌볼 책임이 있는 사람을) 버리다, 떠나다, 유기하다
(물건, 장소를) 버리고 떠나다
(지지, 믿음을) 버리다, 포기하다
(무엇을 하다가) 그만두다, 포기하다
방종, 자유분방

If you abandon a place, thing, or person, you leave the place, thing, or person permanently or for a long time, especially when you should not do so.
If you abandon an activity or piece of work, you stop doing it before it is finished.
If you abandon an idea or way of thinking, you stop having that idea or thinking in that way.
If you say that someone does something with abandon, you mean that they behave in a wild, uncontrolled way and do not think or care about how they should behave.
Raising pets can be a financial burden. Therefore, when the economy is bad, some pet owners cannot afford to keep their pets anymore. Unfortunately, some end up abandoning their pets.
In this excerpt from the 1851 short story, a crippled child whose mother has just died pleads with a man from the village not to abandon her.
I cannot understand people who abandon their pets.
Do not abandon your dream of becoming a writer.