她放棄法律而改學美術。
In his early days he abandoned medicine for literature.

他早年棄醫從文。
She abandoned paganism for Christianity.

她放棄異教而改信基督教。
He abandoned the pen for the sword.

他投筆從戎。
Contemplation was abandoned for action.

停止思考,起而行動。

我們不會棄她不顧而聽任罪犯擺布。
They abandoned the city to the conqueror.

他們把那個城市丟棄給征服者。
They had to abandon their lands and property to the invading forces.

他們不得不放棄土地和財產,讓侵略軍占領。
The affairs of the nation have been abandoned to dishonest politicians.

治國大權已落入詭詐的政客手中。
The study showed a deep fear among the elderly of being abandoned to the care of strangers.

研究表明,老人十分害怕被丟給陌生人照管。 abandon sb/sth to one's fate
He abandoned his daughter to her fate.

他遺棄了女兒,任其受命運擺布。
They abandoned us to our fate.

他們撒手不管,讓我們聽天由命。
He abandoned it to its fate.

對此事他無可奈何,只得聽其自然。
He abandoned everyone else to their fate and fled to safety.

他不管他人死活,獨自逃生。 abandon oneself to sth/v-ing
Don't abandon yourself to despair.

不要悲觀失望。
He abandoned himself to despair.

他陷入絕望。
He abandoned himself to excessive grief.

他陷入過度的哀傷之中。
After her mother died, she abandoned herself to grief.

母親死后,她沉浸于悲痛之中。
The rich man abandoned himself to pleasures.

這個有錢人沉溺于尋歡作樂。
Do not abandon yourself to pleasures.

不可一味享樂。
The young man abandoned himself to dissipation.

這個年輕人過著放蕩的生活.
They abandoned themselves to intemperance.

他們飲酒無度。
She abandoned herself to the serene landscape.

她沉浸在寧靜的景色之中。
You should not abandon yourself to eating and drinking.

你不應該過于貪圖吃喝。
The sailors abandoned themselves to drinking.

水手們縱情飲酒。