abdicate
英 ['æbdɪkeɪt] 美 ['æbdɪket]
- vi. 退位；放弃
- vt. 退位；放弃
词态变化
第三人称单数: abdicates;过去式: abdicated;过去分词: abdicated;现在分词: abdicating;名词: abdication;
中文词源
来自拉丁语，来自 ab-（away，离开）+ dic-（说，宣告）+ -ate（动词后缀）→ 其字面意思就是“宣告放弃职位或权利等”，故引申为“退位、辞职”。同源词：dictionary（词典），predicate（断言、断定），indicate（表明、暗示、指示）。
英文词源
- abdicate
- abdicate: see indicate
- abdicate (v.)
- 1540s, "to disown, disinherit (children)," from Latin abdicatus, past participle of abdicare "to disown, disavow, reject" (specifically abdicare magistratu "renounce office"), from ab- "away" (see ab-) + dicare "proclaim," from stem of dicere "to speak, to say" (see diction). Meaning "divest oneself of office" first recorded 1610s. Related: Abdicated; abdicating.
双语例句
- 1. Many parents simply abdicate all responsibility for their children.
- 许多父母对孩子简直是完全撒手不管。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Yuan Shikai forced the emperor to abdicate and hand over power to him.
- 袁世凯逼迫皇帝逊位,把政权交给他.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 3. The old must abdicate new.
- 老的必须让位于新的.
来自辞典例句
- 4. If the king does not abdicate, he will have to be dethroned.
- 如果国王自己不退位, 就必须把他赶下台.
来自互联网
- 5. He retired and abdicate the position to a young man in summer.
- 他在今年夏天退休了,让位给年轻人.
来自互联网