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摒棄 — meaning in English

bìng qì

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English meaning

  • depart verb To leave a place, especially to begin a journey.
  • ditch noun A long narrow trench dug in the ground, often for drainage.
  • forfeit verb To lose or give up something as a penalty for breaking a rule or agreement.
  • forsake verb To abandon or give up someone or something, often permanently.
  • give up phrasal verb To stop trying to do something because it has become too hard or seems hopeless.
  • relinquish verb To give up or hand over a right, position, or possession, often reluctantly.
  • strand noun One of the individual threads or wires twisted together to make a rope, cable, or cord.
  • waive verb To voluntarily give up a right, claim, or requirement.

Senses

摒棄 is used for these senses in English:

  • bail out (intransitive, idiomatic, slang) To leave (or not attend at all) a place or a situation, especially quickly or when the situation has become undesirable; to abandon (something).
  • depart (transitive) To go away from; to leave.
  • ditch (transitive) To discard or abandon.
  • drop out (intransitive, Of the ground, floor, snow, etc., or figuratively, a worldview or foundation) To cause someone to slip and/or fall down.
  • forfeit To be guilty of a misdeed; to be criminal; to transgress.
  • forsake (transitive) To abandon, to give up, to leave (permanently), to renounce (someone or something).
  • give up (transitive) To abandon (someone or something)
  • relinquish (transitive) To give up, abandon or retire from something; to trade away.

depart — full definition

  1. verb To leave a place, especially to begin a journey.
  2. verb To differ from or move away from a plan, rule, or usual way of doing something.

ditch — full definition

  1. noun A long narrow trench dug in the ground, often for drainage.
  2. verb To abandon or get rid of something or someone.
  3. verb To skip school or a class without permission.

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