forsake

vt.【書】

1. 拋棄；遺棄；背棄
   His children pleaded with him not to forsake them.

   他的孩子們懇求他不要遺棄他們。

   He forsook medicine to study literature.

   他放棄醫學去研究文學。

2. 摒棄，革除
   She persuaded her husband to forsake his drinking habit.

   她說服丈夫改掉嗜酒的習慣。

3. 離開
   At fourteen he ran away, forsaking his home and friends.

   他十四歲出走，離開了家鄉和朋友。