1. 动词 abandon 表示“放弃、抛弃、遗弃”，是一个及物动词。例如：

He decided to abandon the plan.

The officers and crew prepared to abandon ship in an orderly fashion.

2. 作为名词时，可以表示“放任，放纵”，例如：

Their permissiveness toward their children reflects the wild abandon of their own lives.

3. abandon sth for sth 指的是主动地为某物而放弃另一物，abandon sth to sth 则通常指被动地放弃某物而使其被另一物取得。例如 abandon a city to invaders 指的是“放弃城市，任入侵者占领”；abandon oneself to despair意思是“自暴自弃”。再例如：

误：In his early days he abandoned medicine to literature.

正：In his early days he abandoned medicine for literature.