ditch

1. N-COUNT A ditch is a long narrow channel cut into the ground at the side of a road or field. 道溝; 溝渠

Both vehicles ended up in a ditch. 兩輛車都掉進了溝裡。

2. V-T If you ditch something that you have or are responsible for, you abandon it or get rid of it, because you no longer want it. 丟棄[非正式]

I decided to ditch the sofa bed. 我決定把沙發(fā)牀扔掉。

3. V-T If someone ditches someone, they end a relationship with that person. 拋棄[非正式]

I can't bring myself to ditch him and start again. 我不能說服自己拋棄他，又重新開始。

4. V-T/V-I If a pilot ditches an aircraft or if it ditches, the pilot makes an emergency landing. (飛機) 緊急迫降

One American pilot was forced to ditch his jet in the Gulf. 一個美國飛行員被迫在海灣緊急迫降其噴氣式飛機。

5. V-T If someone ditches school or work, they decide not to go to school or work, although they are supposed to go there. 逃學(xué); 曠工[美國英語] [非正式]

What do you say we ditch school and go to the mall?

我們逃學(xué)去商場，你覺得怎樣？

6. →see also last-ditch