Right, but as a verb it means to abruptly cut off contact.

对的，但作为动词，它意思是突然切断联系（ghost）。

So, when you burn a bridge, you cut off contact with people or opportunities you might need later.

所以当你“burn a bridge”就意味着你跟他人或者机会断绝关系。

Yes, oddly enough, my mother didn't cut off contact with me, and she even tried to remain friends with my father.

是的 奇怪的是 我的母亲并没有切断与我的联系 她甚至试图与我的父亲保持朋友关系。

After Trump moved the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem and took other pro-Israel steps, the Palestinians cut off contact with the White House.

在特朗普将美国大使馆迁往耶路撒冷并采取其他亲以色列措施后，巴勒斯坦切断了与白宫的联系。

That is how I told my parents I was cutting off contact with them. Between insults and fits of temper, I said I needed a year to heal myself; then perhaps I could return to their mad world to try to make sense of it.

我就是用这种方式告诉父母，我要与他们断绝关系。在谩骂和怒火之间，我说我需要一年时间为自己疗伤；之后也许我会回到他们疯狂的世界，试着去理解它。