用法：If you abandon a place, thing, or person, youleave them forever or for a long time, especially whenyou should not do so.

　　例句：As time passed some rituals were abandoned,but the stories, later called myths, persisted andprovided material for art and drama.

　　absorb:

　　用法：

　　①If an object absorbs something such as liquid,gas, or heat, the liquid or heat enters the object oris drawn into it.

　　例句：Large animals that inhabit the desert have evolved a number of adaptations for reducingthe effects of extreme heat. One adaptation is to be light in color, and to reflect rather thanabsorb the Sun's rays.

　　②If a group is absorbed into a larger group, it becomes part of the larger group.

　　③If you absorb information, you learn and understand it.

　　④If something absorbs a force or shock, it reduces its effect.

　　⑤If a system or society absorbs changes, effects, or costs, it is able to deal with them withoutbeing badly affected.

　　⑥If something absorbs something such as money, space, or time, it uses up a great deal of it.

　　⑦If something absorbs you, it interests you a great deal and takes up all your attention andenergy.

　　abstract:

　　①An abstract idea or way of thinking is based on general ideas rather than on real things andevents.

　　②Abstract art makes use of shapes and patterns rather than showing people or things theyactually are.

　　③An abstract of an article, document, or speech is a short piece of writing that summarizesthe main points of it.

　　④If you abstract something from somewhere, you take it from there.