abacus['æbəkəs] n．算盘 [ 复数abacuses或abaci ]

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-Chinese abacus： 算盘

例句与用法

1. Can you use an abacus, Mr. Cooper?

库珀先生，请问你会用算盘吗？

2. My calculator is more convenient than your abacus.

我的计算机比你的算盘方便多了。

3. An abacus is also a counting machine, using our brain and our fingers.

算盘也是一台计数器，用我们的头脑和手指来操作。

abandon v．n．放弃，放纵

abandon [ə'bændən]

vt.

1. 放弃；弃绝；绝望；断念：

例句: He abandoned all hope.他放弃一切希望。

to abandon a research project放弃一个研究项目

2. (因形势紧迫、危险等)离弃(家园、飞机、船只等)；【航空学】(机上人员)弃机(跳伞)：

例句: The sailors abandoned the burning ship.     海员们离弃燃烧着的船只。

to abandon a sinking ship    离弃正在沉没的船只

3. 丢弃(信仰等)；(不顾信义、义务、责任等而)遗弃，抛弃(妻儿等)：

例句: The man shamelessly abandoned his wife and child for another woman.

那个男人无耻地抛弃了妻儿，另觅新欢。

to abandon a child    遗弃孩子

4. 使屈服：

例句: to abandon someone to the mercy of    听任某人受…的摆布

to abandon a city to an enemy army  弃城任敌军占领

5. [abandon oneself] 放纵;纵情;无拘无束;使沉溺于：

例句: After his mother died, he abandoned himself to grief.

他母亲死后，他悲伤不已。

6. 【保险业】委付7. [废语]开除，逐出

n.

1. 放纵；纵情；无拘无束，放任2. 狂热，狂放，狂放不羁

近义词:

desert . forsake . quit .

反义词:

reclaim .

abandon [ə'bændən]

n.

1. the trait of lacking restraint or control; reckless freedom from inhibition or worry

例句: she danced with abandon

2. a feeling of extreme emotional intensity

v.

1. forsake, leave behind

例句: We abandoned the old car in the empty parking lot

2. stop maintaining or insisting on; of ideas or claims

例句: He abandoned the thought of asking for her hand in marriage

3. give up with the intent of never claiming again

4. leave behind empty; move out of

5. leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch--例句与用法:

1. The sailors abandoned the burning ship.

海员们离弃燃烧着的船只。

2. Abandon ship or abandon hope!

放弃船，或者放弃希望。

3. I would never abandon any friends .

我永远不会遗弃我的朋友。

abase[ə'beis] v．贬抑，使卑下

vt. 使…谦卑；降低…的品格；降低…的地位

[ 过去式abased 过去分词abased 现在分词abasing ]

1.

[abase oneself] 降低…的威信(或地位、身份、职务等)；羞辱，使丢脸，使出丑；使谦卑，使卑微；贬抑：

例句:

He abased himself before his superior.

他在上司面前感到自卑。

2.

[古语]降下，降低，放下，放低，使下降，使向下，垂下：

例句:

She abased her head.

她低下了头。

3.

[废语]使(货币)贬值；降低…的价格(或价值)

abate v．减轻，降低

He abased himself before his superior.

他在上司面前感到自卑。

For You save an afflicted people, But haughty eyes You abase.

困苦的百姓，你必拯救。高傲的眼目，你必使他降卑。

And You save an afflicted people; But Your eyes are on the haughty whom You abase.

困苦的百姓，你必拯救。但你的眼目察看高傲的人，使他降卑。

abbreviation n．缩短，缩写

abdicate v．让位，辞职，放弃

abdomen n．腹，下腹(胸部到腿部的部份)

abduct v．绑架，拐走

aberrant a.越轨的，异常的

abet v．教唆，协助(罪犯)