forsake
v
(pt forsook , pp forsaken ) [Tn]
1 (fml 文) give (sth) up; renounce 抛弃, 放弃(某事物)
forsake one's former habits 抛弃旧习惯.
2 leave (sb), esp when one should be helping him; abandon or desert 离开(某人)(尤指应予帮助时); 遗弃; 舍弃
forsake one's family and friends 舍弃家人和朋友
a dreary forsaken beach in winter 冬季人迹罕至的海滨.
A 55-storey building went up in 1913, and in 1931 the Empire State Building was completed, then the tallest building in the world.
1913年一座55层高的大楼拔地而起。1931年帝国大厦竣工,这在当时是世界上最高的大厦。
It took him some time to connect the long rubber pipe to the air supply pipe that ran round the port, but at last it was done and as a result work was able to progress much faster.