abdicate
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）。
- 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.
- 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.
来自互联网
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