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abandon

a(=ad;to)-bandon(power)  [to give to a public ban]

v.拋棄 [to leave completely and finally,to give up]

  ex. He abandons his idea.

n.放縱,放任

字源：1375, "to subjugate, subdue," from O.Fr. abandoner "surrender," from à "at, to" + bandon "power, jurisdiction," in phrase mettre à bandon "to give up to a public ban,"

abandon：inhibition=voluble：terseness
放縱：壓抑＝囉嗦的：簡潔（反義）

abash

v.使害羞

  ex. He was abashed when he was on the stage.

  note: 中間有 ash "灰的"→灰頭土臉

  考古：embolden <> abash

abate

v.減少,減弱,減輕 [to reduce in amount, degree, intensity]

  ex.Nothing could abate his rage.

  字源： c.1270, from O.Fr. abattre "beat down," from L. ad "to" + battuere "to beat" (see batter (v.))

note:

baton n.警棒

abate：tax = alleviate：distress  減輕‧稅=減輕‧壓力（動作與其相關物件）

abbreviate

ab(=ad;to)-brev(=brief)-i-ate

v.縮寫,使省略 [to shorten (a word or phrase) by omitting letters, substituting shorter forms, etc.]

  ex.UFO is abbreviated from unidentified flying object.

v.縮短 [to reduce (anything) in length, duration, etc]

ps.

brief      a.簡略的,簡短的

brevity  n.簡潔

abdicate

ab(away)-dic(say)-ate

v.正式放棄(權力等);退位;辭職

  ex. King abdicated the throne in 1936.

  note: 字源：from ab- "away" + dicare "proclaim," from stem of dicere "to speak, to say"

  考古：abdicate <> usurp v. 篡位

aberrant

ab(away)-err(wander)-ant

adj.偏離正道的,脫離常軌的

adj.【生】畸變的;異常的

  字源：from Latin ab- + errare 'to wander'

  考古：aberrant <> normal 正常的

aberration

ab-err-ation

n.偏離正道, 脫離常軌