abandon abandon

verb

abandon ♦︎ desert ♦︎ vacate ♦︎ evacuateThese words all mean to go away from a building or place, leaving it empty. 这些词均表示离开、腾空。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配to abandon / desert / vacate / evacuate a building / house / hometo vacate / evacuate the office / premisesto abandon / vacate / evacuate sth immediately abandon / /əˈbændən/ / [transitive] (rather formal) to leave a thing or place, especially because it is impossible or dangerous to stay (不得已)舍弃,丢弃,离开Snow forced many drivers to abandon their vehicles.降雪迫使许多司机弃车步行。They had to abandon their lands and property to the invading forces.面对侵略军,他们不得不舍弃自己的土地和财产。He gave the order to abandon ship (= to leave the ship because it was sinking).他下令弃船(因船快要沉没)。 see also abandon leave 5 , abandoned deserted desert / /dɪˈzɜːt; NAmE dɪˈzɜːrt/ [transitive, often passive] to go away from a place and leave it empty 舍弃,离弃(某地方)The villages had been deserted.这些村庄已经荒无人烟了。The owl seems to have deserted its nest.猫头鹰似乎已经弃巢而去。People are more likely to desert their homes because there is no longer work or food for them in the area, rather than because of danger. Desert is most often used in the past participle form, and is mainly used to talk about places where people have lived at some time in the past. 因为缺乏工作机会或食物而非出于危险而离开某地,用desert。desert常用过去分词形式,主要用来谈论以前住过的地方The house / croft / encampment / village / settlement had been deserted.房子/小农场/营房/村庄/定居点已经被遗弃了。 see also deserted deserted vacate /vəˈkeɪt, veɪˈkeɪt, NAmE also ˈveɪkeɪt/ [transitive] (formal) to leave a building, room or seat, especially so that sb else can use it 腾出,空出(建筑物、房间或座位)Guests are requested to vacate their rooms by noon on the day of departure.客人须在离店当日的中午以前退房。 evacuate /ɪˈvækjueɪt/ / [transitive, intransitive] (rather formal) to move out of a place because of danger, and leave the place empty (从危险的地方)撤出,搬出Employees were urged to evacuate their offices immediately.已经敦促雇员立即撤离办公室。Locals were told to evacuate.当地居民接到了疏散的通知。 evacuation

noun

[uncountable] the emergency evacuation of the building楼内人员的紧急疏散