1、abandon

離棄；遺棄；拋棄

He claimed that his parents had abandoned him.

他聲稱父母遺棄了他。

The road is strewn with abandoned vehicles.

道路上滿是棄置的車輛。

中途放棄，中止（活動、工作等）

The authorities have abandoned any attempt to distribute food.

當局中止了分發食物的嘗試。

The scheme's investors, fearful of bankruptcy, decided to abandon the project.

因為擔心破產，該計劃的投資者決定放棄這個項目。

放任；放縱

He has spent money with gay abandon.

他肆意揮霍錢財。

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

他們對孩子的放任折射出他們自身生活的放浪形骸。

2、come out

(書或光盤)出版，發行

The book comes out this week.

這本書本周出版。

Christian Slater has a new movie coming out next month in which he plays a vigilante.

克里斯汀·史萊特有一部新片下月發行，他在片中扮演一個治安維持會成員。

(事實)暴露，披露，顯露

The truth is beginning to come out about what happened.

真相開始逐漸浮出水面。

It will come out that she has covertly donated considerable sums to the IRA.

她暗中給愛爾蘭共和軍提供了大筆資助的事情即將曝光。

公開同性戀身份

the few gay men there who dare to come out.

那里少數幾位有勇氣公開宣布自己是同性戀的男子

I came out as a lesbian when I was still in my teens.

我才十幾歲的時候，就公開了自己的同性戀身份。