abandon: can suggest complete disinterest in the future of what is given up: they ~ed their cat at the end of the summer.


desert: implies a relationship (as of occupancy or guardianship); it can suggest desolation: ~ed farms growing up to brush; or culpability: soldiers who ~ their posts.     desolate荒芜，形容荒芜无生气无法居住被废弃     荒芜的农场(deserted farms)长得像灌木丛


forsake: implies a breaking of a close association by repudiation or renunciation: she ~ her husband for a career.   forsake的过去式是forsook     repudiate否则此前所承认接受的   renunciation断绝之前的紧密关系


abandon抛弃: 表示不再关心，desert抛弃逃避: 抛弃场所或逃避监护兵役等责任，forsake抛弃: 断绝紧密关系


记忆方法: 1）首字母联FAD(一时的、无缘无故的时髦)<==不要无缘无故抛弃老朋友   fad一时的时髦implies caprice in taking up and dropping a fashion无缘无故般的流行和过气

          2) 抛弃的意思是完全放弃mean to give up completely.