1、abandon
离弃;遗弃;抛弃
He claimed that his parents had abandoned him.
他声称父母遗弃了他。
The road is strewn with abandoned vehicles.
道路上满是弃置的车辆。
中途放弃,中止(活动、工作等)
The authorities have abandoned any attempt to distribute food.
当局中止了分发食物的尝试。
The scheme's investors, fearful of bankruptcy, decided to abandon the project.
因为担心破产,该计划的投资者决定放弃这个项目。
放任;放纵
He has spent money with gay abandon.
他肆意挥霍钱财。
Their permissiveness toward their children reflects the wild abandon of their own lives.
他们对孩子的放任折射出他们自身生活的放浪形骸。
2、come out
(书或光盘)出版,发行
The book comes out this week.
这本书本周出版。
Christian Slater has a new movie coming out next month in which he plays a vigilante.
克里斯汀·史莱特有一部新片下月发行,他在片中扮演一个治安维持会成员。
(事实)暴露,披露,显露
The truth is beginning to come out about what happened.
真相开始逐渐浮出水面。
It will come out that she has covertly donated considerable sums to the IRA.
她暗中给爱尔兰共和军提供了大笔资助的事情即将曝光。
公开同性恋身份
the few gay men there who dare to come out.
那里少数几位有勇气公开宣布自己是同性恋的男子
I came out as a lesbian when I was still in my teens.
我才十几岁的时候,就公开了自己的同性恋身份。