abdicate

英 ['æbdɪkeɪt] 美 ['æbdɪkeɪt]

• vt. 正式放弃；让位
• vi. 退位；辞职

英英释义

Verb:

1. give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations;

   "The King abdicated when he married a divorcee"
   

例句

用作及物动词 (vt.)

1. He was forced to abdicate his claim on the property.
   他被迫放弃要求财产的权利。
2. He's abdicated all responsibility in the affair.
   他已经放弃了这件事中的一切职责。
3. The king was forced to abdicate his throne.
   国王被迫逊位。

用作不及物动词 (vi.)

1. King Edward VIII abdicated in 1936.
   英王爱德华八世于1936年退位。
2. I want to try something different so I abdicate the office.
   我辞职是因为我想尝试些不一样的东西。

经典引文

• They've abdicated their judicial function and reduced it to a rubber stamp.

  出自： C. T. Rowan

近反义词

【近义词】

• renounce 声明放弃
• relinquish 放弃
• abandon 放弃
• resign 辞职
• give up 放弃
• vacate 空出
• quit 停止
• surrender 投降
• hand over 交出
• retire 退休
• step down 逐渐缩小

【反义词】

• deter 阻止