abdicate
美音:
[´æbdə´keıt
]英音:
[´æbdə´keıt
]v.退位,放弃(职位,权力等)
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名词:abdication 动词过去式:abdicated 过去分词:abdicated 现在分词:abdicating 第三人称单数:abdicates 形容词:abdicable
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ab-=from,away from,off 变化型 a-,abs-(c和t之前),adv-,av-
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abdicate
/'æbdɪkeɪt; `æbdə,ket/
v
1 [I] resign from or formally renounce the throne 退位; 逊位
*King Edward VIII abdicated in 1936. 英王爱德华八世于1936年退位.
2 [Tn] (fml 文) formally relinquish (power, a high official position, etc) 正式放弃(权力, 高位等)
*He's abdicated all responsibility in the affair. 他已经放弃了这件事中的一切职责.
abdicate
v [I and T]
[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Latin;Origin: , past participle of abdicare, from ab- 'away, off' + dicare 'to say publicly']
to give up the position of being king or queen
King Alfonso XIII abdicated in favour of his eldest son.
The king was forced to abdicate the throne .
abdicate (your) responsibility
formal to refuse to be responsible for something, when you should be or were before
The government has largely abdicated its responsibility in dealing with housing needs.
>abdication [,æbdɪ'keɪʃən/
1. Did the king abdicate or was he deposed? 那个国王是自己放弃王位还是被废的?
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