<p>“Throw” and “abandon” are both correct.</p>

<p>“Throw” has the meaning of “send suddenly into a particular state or condition” in the Oxford Dictionary of English. </p>

<p>And the same is 扔.</p>

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Hao FU
<p>It is not. "扔" here means something like "discard" or "abandon". They are now suffering from a (terrible) traffic jam, not a faulty engine, so they don't need to push the car anyway.</p>

<p>It means that the people got so impatient that that left the car where they were and walked away.</p>

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Thanks and that makes sense! The meaning isn't listed on Pleco but I found it is on bkrs - https://bkrs.info/slovo.php?ch=扔
Blaszard
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But then it is ridiculous to discard the car. It is expensive and not something I want to discard, even in such a situation... But there are always crazy people...
Blaszard
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You are welcome. I am happy to answer other questions if I can. Also note user6065's comment. I agree that's ridiculous so only a few are doing that and maybe they'll decide to come back to pick up the car later anyway ...
Weijun Zhou
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Weijun Zhou
<p>In the following sentence:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>据一位遭遇拥堵的人介绍说，隧道里一小时只能行进几百米，也去不了厕所，有的人下车走向紧急出口，还有的人把车<strong>扔下</strong>不管。</p>
</blockquote>

<p>扔 means "throw" or "hurl", but "throwing a car away" doesn't make sense. From the context, I feel it means people get out of the car and push it from the back of the car.</p>

<p>My questions:</p>

<ul>
<li><p>Is this assumption correct?</p></li>
<li><p>If that is true, why doesn't an author write a clearer way, such as:</p></li>
</ul>

<blockquote>
  <p>还有的人把车推下不管。</p>
</blockquote>

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is a standing expression 扔下不管：bkrs: abandon, [例句] 这工作我不能扔下不管, 同义: 抛到九霄云外, 撇在脑后 iciba: Drop it.我们听说有女人离家出走，扔下了家人不管。& more
user6065
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这里“扔下”有点“留下”的意思
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What does 扔下 mean in 还有的人把车扔下不管?
# What does 扔下 mean in 还有的人把车扔下不管?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-01-27)

In the following sentence:

> 据一位遭遇拥堵的人介绍说，隧道里一小时只能行进几百米，也去不了厕所，有的人下车走向紧急出口，还有的人把车**扔下**不管。

扔 means "throw" or "hurl", but "throwing a car away" doesn't make sense. From the context, I feel it means people get out of the car and push it from the back of the car.

My questions:

* Is this assumption correct?
* If that is true, why doesn't an author write a clearer way, such as:

> 还有的人把车推下不管。

**Tags:** meaning-in-context

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: is a standing expression 扔下不管：bkrs: abandon, [例句] 这工作我不能扔下不管, 同义: 抛到九霄云外, 撇在脑后 iciba: Drop it.我们听说有女人离家出走，扔下了家人不管。& more  
> **username_2**: 这里“扔下”有点“留下”的意思  

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_4 on 2018-01-27. Score: 4 | Accepted answer

It is not. "扔" here means something like "discard" or "abandon". They are now suffering from a (terrible) traffic jam, not a faulty engine, so they don't need to push the car anyway.

It means that the people got so impatient that that left the car where they were and walked away.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Thanks and that makes sense! The meaning isn't listed on Pleco but I found it is on bkrs - https://bkrs.info/slovo.php?ch=扔  
> **username_0**: But then it is ridiculous to discard the car. It is expensive and not something I want to discard, even in such a situation... But there are always crazy people...  
> **username_4**: You are welcome. I am happy to answer other questions if I can. Also note username_1's comment. I agree that's ridiculous so only a few are doing that and maybe they'll decide to come back to pick up the car later anyway ...  

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### Answer by username_3 on 2018-01-31. Score: 0

“Throw” and “abandon” are both correct.

“Throw” has the meaning of “send suddenly into a particular state or condition” in the Oxford Dictionary of English.

And the same is 扔.


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