abdicate

英 ['æbdɪkeɪt]美 ['æbdɪket]
  • vi. 退位；放弃
  • vt. 退位；放弃
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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.
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