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abdicate是什么意思

abdicate

英 ['æbdɪkeɪt] 美 ['æbdɪket]

vi. 退位；放弃
vt. 退位；放弃

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。

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.

3. The old must abdicate new.: 老的必须让位于新的.

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.

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.