Abdicate

['æbdɪkeɪt] or ['æbdɪket]

解釋/意思:

(verb.) give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations; 'The King abdicated when he married a divorcee'.

手打:玛丽安--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(v. t.) To surrender or relinquish, as sovereign power; to withdraw definitely from filling or exercising, as a high office, station, dignity; as, to abdicate the throne, the crown, the papacy.

(v. t.) To renounce; to relinquish; -- said of authority, a trust, duty, right, etc.

(v. t.) To reject; to cast off.

(v. t.) To disclaim and expel from the family, as a father his child; to disown; to disinherit.

(v. i.) To relinquish or renounce a throne, or other high office or dignity.

編輯:默里

同義詞及近義詞：

v. a. Resign (an office or dignity), surrender (a right), cede, forego, renounce, relinquish, abandon, quit, vacate, give up, part with, lay down, renounce all claim to.

v. n. Resign, relinquish office (especially that of a king), vacate the throne.

校對:西尔玛

同義詞及反義詞：

SYN:Abandon, relinquish, resign, surrender, vacate

ANT:Retain, maintain, claim, occupy, assert, grasp, seize, usurp

安妮特手打

解釋/意思:

v.t. and v.i. formally to renounce or give up office or dignity.—adj. Ab′dicant.—n. Abdicā′tion.

手打:莉莲