| 单词 | abdication address |
| 释义 | > as lemmasabdication address C1. General attributive (chiefly in sense 2b), as abdication address, abdication speech, etc. ΚΠ 1701 Remarks by Way of Answer to Char. Mod. Whig 18/1 He never was in any Ecclesiastical Commission,..and never opposed the Abdication Bill, when 'tis well known who did. 1786 Edinb. Mag. July 365/1 Among a vast number of valuable papers it contains the Abdication Speech of the Emperor. 1870 Glasgow Herald 29 June 4/1 The abdication address of Isabella of Spain is published this morning. 1892 Yorks. Herald 7 May 11/4 A crown and sceptre of flowers were presented to the Queen, who proceeded to mount the däis, after..the abdication speech had been delivered by the two ex-queens. 1936 Wall St. Jrnl. 10 Dec. 1/4 (headline) Abdication notice may come today. 1998 A. Goodman Kaaterskill Falls i. iv. 54 Her family in Manchester was strictly observant, but her mother, who spoke Yiddish, was a collector of China teacups and an avid royal-watcher who wept to hear the king's abdication address on the radio. 2009 B. Kirshenbaum Scenic Route viii. 119 She knew the abdication speech by heart, which she would recite while vacuuming the carpet. < as lemmas |
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