Desertion
[dɪ'zɜːʃn] or [dɪ'zɝʃən]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility; 'his abandonment of his wife and children left them penniless'.
手打:利奥波德--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) The act of deserting or forsaking; abandonment of a service, a cause, a party, a friend, or any post of duty; the quitting of one's duties willfully and without right; esp., an absconding from military or naval service.
(n.) The state of being forsaken; desolation; as, the king in his desertion.
(n.) Abandonment by God; spiritual despondency.
編輯:莉齐
同義詞及近義詞：
n. Abandonment, relinquishment, dereliction.
編輯:莉齐
例句/造句/用法:
- The shame, desertion, wretchedness, and exposure of the great capital; the wet, the cold, the slow hours, and the swift clouds of the dismal night. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- A great naval battle at Actium (31 B.C.) was decided by the unexpected desertion of Cleopatra with sixty ships in the midst of the fight. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- She did not want exposure to be added to desertion. 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- The little girl whom Adrian had rescued from utter desertion, during our ride through London on the twentieth of November, died at Auxerre. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- An unnatural silence and desertion reigned there. 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
- Once--but once--she noticed the desertion, and holding out her white hand, and speaking softly, tried to coax him back. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Fresh lamentations from Louisa, and deeper affliction on Mr. Gradgrind's part, followed this desertion of them by their last friend. 查理斯·狄更斯. 艱難時事.
- Sir Percival's angry commentary on his friend's desertion of him had not produced the slightest effect. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- Mrs. Gardiner then rallied her niece on Wickham's desertion, and complimented her on bearing it so well. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
- I replied-- There is no dishonour, no breach of promise, no desertion in the case. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- The people had grown tired of the war, and desertions from the Confederate army were much more numerous than the voluntary accessions. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
編輯:珀西