Abdication
[,æbdə'keʃən]
解释:
(noun.) the act of abdicating.
(noun.) a formal resignation and renunciation of powers.
胡安编辑--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) The act of abdicating; the renunciation of a high office, dignity, or trust, by its holder; commonly the voluntary renunciation of sovereign power; as, abdication of the throne, government, power, authority.
手打:梅尔瓦
同义词及近义词：
n. Abdicating, resignation, surrender, renunciation, abandonment.
手打:奥拉夫
娱乐性解释：
n. An act whereby a sovereign attests his sense of the high temperature of the throne.
校对:雷明顿
例句:
- And so I have never regretted giving up either diplomacy or journalism--two different forms of the same self-abdication. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
- His abdication, in any real sense of the word, would have simply thrown everything back into confusion. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- After his abdication the late king had retreated from the sphere of politics, yet his domestic circle afforded him small content. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
- He was ready to go back to old times, and commemorate the contests of our fathers, and the monarch's abdication. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
- This night, this splendid assembly, these sumptuous apartments, and this adornment of your tearful girl, are all united to celebrate your abdication. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
校对:苏西