abandon:
用法：If you abandon a place, thing, or person, you leave them forever or for a long time, especially when you should not do so.
例句：As time passed some rituals were abandoned, but the stories, later called myths, persisted and provided material for art and drama.

absorb:
用法：
①If an object absorbs something such as liquid, gas, or heat, the liquid or heat enters the object or is drawn into it.
例句：Large animals that inhabit the desert have evolved a number of adaptations for reducing the effects of extreme heat. One adaptation is to be light in color, and to reflect rather than absorb the Sun's rays.
②If a group is absorbed into a larger group, it becomes part of the larger group.
③If you absorb information, you learn and understand it.
④If something absorbs a force or shock, it reduces its effect.
⑤If a system or society absorbs changes, effects, or costs, it is able to deal with them without being badly affected.
⑥If something absorbs something such as money, space, or time, it uses up a great deal of it.
⑦If something absorbs you, it interests you a great deal and takes up all your attention and energy.
abstract:
①An abstract idea or way of thinking is based on general ideas rather than on real things and events.
②Abstract art makes use of shapes and patterns rather than showing people or things they actually are.
③An abstract of an article, document, or speech is a short piece of writing that summarizes the main points of it.
④If you abstract something from somewhere, you take it from there.
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