abdicate
英 ['?bd?ke?t]
美 ['?bd?ket]
中文詞源
來自拉丁語，來自 ab-（away，離開）+ dic-（說，宣告）+ -ate（動詞后綴）→ 其字面意思就是“宣告放棄職位或權(quán)利等”，故引申為“退位、辭職”。同源詞：dictionary（詞典），predicate（斷言、斷定），indicate（表明、暗示、指示）。
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. Many parents simply abdicate all responsibility for their children.
- 許多父母對孩子簡直是完全撒手不管。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Yuan Shikai forced the emperor to abdicate and hand over power to him.
- 袁世凱逼迫皇帝遜位,把政權(quán)交給他.
來自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 3. The old must abdicate new.
- 老的必須讓位于新的.
來自辭典例句
- 4. If the king does not abdicate, he will have to be dethroned.
- 如果國王自己不退位, 就必須把他趕下臺.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
- 5. He retired and abdicate the position to a young man in summer.
- 他在今年夏天退休了,讓位給年輕人.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)