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单词 resign
释义
resignre‧sign /rɪˈzaɪn/ ●●○ W3 verb [intransitive, transitive] Word Origin
WORD ORIGINresign
Origin:
1300-1400 Old French resigner, from Latin resignare ‘to unseal, cancel, give back’, from signare; ➔ SIGN2
Verb Table
VERB TABLE
resign
Simple Form
PresentI, you, we, theyresign
he, she, itresigns
PastI, you, he, she, it, we, theyresigned
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave resigned
he, she, ithas resigned
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad resigned
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill resign
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have resigned
Continuous Form
PresentIam resigning
he, she, itis resigning
you, we, theyare resigning
PastI, he, she, itwas resigning
you, we, theywere resigning
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave been resigning
he, she, ithas been resigning
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad been resigning
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill be resigning
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have been resigning
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • I wanted to resign, but my boss persuaded me to stay.
  • Nixon was the first US President to resign before the end of his term of office.
  • Roberts replaces Jacob Winters, who resigned from the firm last month.
  • She resigned from the board after profits fell by a further 3%.
  • The following years, he resigned as chairman of the committee.
  • The manager was forced to resign his post after allegations of corruption.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • Former science minister Binyamin Begin, who resigned the post this week because of the Hebron pullout, explicitly made that argument.
  • He resigned from the party on 25 September 1939.
  • He will resign if he is forced to accept an unrealistic budget he can not commit to.
  • In a statement issued on March 19 Hekmatyar called on Najibullah to resign immediately.
  • Mr Cox also resigned his position on the board.
  • Oedipus of course resigned the throne.
Thesaurus
THESAURUSleave your job
· I left my last job because the salary was so low.· Why don’t you just leave?
to leave your job permanently because you are not happy with it: · After enduring months of harassment, Mrs Collins decided to quit her job.· I’ve told them I’m quitting.
to officially announce that you have decided to leave your job: · The company director was forced to resign over the scandal.
to write an official letter to your employer saying that you are going to leave your job on a particular date: · You have to hand in your notice at least four weeks before you leave.
to leave your job in order to stop working permanently, usually because you have reached the age when most people stop working: · After forty years of working for the bank, Karl retired in May.· He had to retire because of ill health.
Longman Language Activatorto accept a situation that you do not like
to accept a situation that you do not like but you cannot change: · Divorce is hard on children, but they have to accept it.learn/come to accept (=eventually accept): · In the US, people have come to accept that they will probably have several different jobs over the course of their career.accept the fact (that): · It was difficult for Paul to accept the fact that he was going bald.accept that: · Steptoe finally accepted that his son didn't want to continue working in the family business.
to accept an annoying situation or someone's annoying behaviour, without trying to stop it or change it: · I don't know how you put up with this noise day after day.· The kind of treatment that you have to put up with as a new army recruit is pretty horrible.
to accept an unpleasant situation, without trying to change it: · For years the workers have had to tolerate low wages and terrible working conditions.· I told him I wasn't going to tolerate his drinking any longer.
to realize that you must accept an unpleasant situation, because you cannot prevent it or avoid it: · The children have had to resign themselves to being without their father.resign yourself to the fact (that): · I'm resigned to the fact that I'm not going to get the job.
to accept a situation that you do not like, and try to enjoy it or make it less bad: · It's not the university that I really wanted to go to, but I suppose I'll just have to make the best of it.· Six months after the earthquake, city residents continue to make the best of a bad situation.
to accept an unpleasant or difficult situation and say that you will deal with it: · It's not easy, but as a manager, sometimes you have to bite the bullet and fire people.
spoken said when you have to accept something you do not like because you do not have the money or power to choose anything else: · It would be nice to have a suit with a better fit, but as they say, beggars can't be choosers.
spoken said when telling someone that a difficult situation must be accepted, especially because there is no way to prevent it or there is nothing anyone can do about it: · "Sorry you didn't get the job, Mike." "Yeah, thanks. I guess that's the way the cookie crumbles."
to accept a situation or job you do not like and try to deal with it in a determined way: · Rescue workers here have little choice but to grit their teeth and get on with the grim task of recovering the bodies.· I was desperately unhappy in that job, but had to grit my teeth and stay smiling for the sake of my children.
to leave a job or organization
· "Where's Marcia?" "Oh, she left last week to have her baby."· The directors did not want Daniel to leave, but they knew he could earn much more somewhere else.· I left my last job because I couldn't get along with my boss.· Chamberlain was a Cabinet Minister until he left the Liberal party in 1886.· After leaving the Navy, he started a new career in journalism.
to leave a job or organization especially because you are not happy with it, or because you think you could do better somewhere else: · I've had enough of the way I'm treated here -- I quit!· She quite her job and went traveling in South America.quit as: · Harkness quit as director of the Olympic Regional Development Authority soon afterwards.
to officially and permanently leave a job, for example because you are no longer happy with it, or because the people you work with do not think you are doing it properly: · Nixon was the first US President to resign before the end of his term of office.· I wanted to resign, but my boss persuaded me to stay.resign from: · She resigned from the board after profits fell by a further 3%.· Roberts replaces Jacob Winters, who resigned from the firm last month.resign as: · The following years, he resigned as chairman of the committee.resign your post/position: · The manager was forced to resign his post after allegations of corruption.
to permanently leave your job, usually because you have reached the age when most people stop working: · In the UK, men usually retire in their late 50s or early 60s.· If you retire at 50, you won't get your full pension.retire from: · When Jean retired from modelling, she moved to Cornwall.· Jim Rutland retired from the Navy last year.retire as: · He retired as Principal ten years ago, but still does a lot of fund-raising for the school.
to write an official letter to your employer saying that you are going to leave your job on a particular date: · You have to hand in your notice at least four weeks before you leave.· The Foreign Minister officially handed in his resignation on December 11th.
British informal to leave your job, especially because you are bored with it: · Look if it's such a boring job, why don't you just jack it in?· Sometimes I feel like packing it all in and going off on a round-the-world trip.
WORD SETS
absenteeism, nounarticled clerk, black economy, nounbloodletting, nounblue-collar, adjectivebook-keeper, nounboss, nounbusiness agent, career path, nouncareer structure, nounCFO, Chartered Financial Consultant, nounCIO, co-manager, nouncommercial agent, company car, nouncompany doctor, company officer, competence, nouncompliance officer, co-worker, nouncreative director, curriculum vitae, nounCV, noundeputy chairman, deskill, verbdismiss, verbdowngrade, verbdownsize, verbearn, verbearner, nounemploy, verbemployable, adjectiveemployee, nounemployer, nounemployment agency, nounengage, verbenrolled agent, escrow agent, executive chairman, filing clerk, fill-in, nounfull-time, adjectiveheadhunter, nounhealth and safety, nounhuman resources, nounjob application, job centre, nounjobless, adjectivelabour exchange, nounledger clerk, moonlight, verbnatural wastage, nounnepotism, nounnetworking, nounnine to five, adverbnumber-cruncher, nounoccupational, adjectiveoff, adverboff-duty, adjectiveoperative, nounoutwork, nounoverseer, nounoverstaffed, adjectivepenalty clause, nounpension fund, nounpension plan, nounpersonnel, nounpiecework, nounpositive discrimination, nounpost, nounpreferment, nounproject engineer, qualification, nounqualify, verbquit, verbrecommendation, nounrecruit, verbredeploy, verbredundancy, nounredundant, adjectivereferee, nounreference, nounreinstate, verbresearch manager, resign, verbresignation, nounresume, nounretired, adjectiveretiree, nounretirement, nounself-employed, adjectivesharecropper, nounshift, nounskilled, adjectivetechnical analyst, testimonial, nountime and motion study, nountrainee, nountransfer agent, underemployed, adjectiveundermanned, adjectiveunderstaffed, adjectiveunemployable, adjectiveunemployed, adjectiveunemployment, noununemployment benefit, noununskilled, adjectivevacancy, nounvacant, adjectivewhite-collar, adjectiveworkday, nounwork experience, nounworkforce, nounworking papers, nounworkweek, noun
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRYnouns
· He later resigned his post as Minister of Energy.
(=announce that you will no longer be a member of a parliament, be on a committee etc)· A majority of voters think he should resign his seat in Congress.
· Richard Nixon resigned the presidency in 1974.
· Mr Hunt announced that he has resigned his chairmanship of the committee.
· He recently resigned his membership of the National Rifle Association.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
· They demanded that he resign.
· They demanded that he resigned.
· I had no choice but to resign myself to my fate.
· She has resigned from her position as department secretary.
(=leave it)· John Sargent has resigned his post as chairman.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB
· He eventually resigned as ordinary in November 1727.· Smith, admitting he had an unreported business relationship with the department store owner, resigned as junior minister for Northern Ireland.· Tony Millar resigned as executive chairman of Albert Fisher.· He resigned as Foreign Minister in late October, and secretarial staff got as far as clearing out his offices.· Mr Takeshita was damaged by the scandal and had to resign as prime minister.· In 1846 Edward Mayhew resigned as anatomical teacher at the College.· Chairman Sam Smith has since resigned as have three non-executive directors.
· The party's headquarters in Edinburgh said yesterday that only four people had resigned over the decision to support the Government.· Four senior officials in the Foreign Affairs and Interior ministries were dismissed or resigned over their role in granting him entry.· But it is a victory for the environment secretary Jose Lutzenberger, who had threatened to resign over the issue.· Another casualty was Gordon Ashworth, a senior aide to Peterson, who resigned over money paid to redecorate his house.· Were President Husak to resign over the weekend and a new government be formed, the presidential issue could be deferred.
· The postman was taken on in September 1990 and resigned recently.· Recently resigned City Manager Michael Brown called them all but unmanageable.
NOUN
· Now that Hearts have decided to remain at a re-developed Tynecastle, Gulliver has resigned from the board.· The 80-year-old Kaplan resigned from the museum board May 8.· Unfortunately, however, I found it necessary to resign from the board of Junior Tennis Centres.· Brucker said he and his supporters had wanted a voice on the board since September, when trustee Jo Ann Koplin resigned.· With Bulstrode resigned from the hospital board, Dorothea summons Lydgate for advice and also to ascertain the truth.· She said the brothers would not receive additional severance for resigning from the board.
· The large number of Cabinet ministers who have resigned or been dismissed have not been a focus for dissent.· When the legislature votes no confidence in the cabinet or defeats it on a major bill, the cabinet usually resigns.· On 9 January 1986 Heseltine dramatically walked out of a full Cabinet and resigned in the full glare of televisual attention.· To resolve matters, the new Cabinet resigned on the morning of June 29 and was immediately reappointed in its entirety.
· Tony Millar resigned as executive chairman of Albert Fisher.· In 1953, after Kennelly was returned to office and Stevenson had his unfortunate encounter with Eisenhower, Gill resigned as chairman.· Lukyanov resigned as Supreme Soviet chairman on Aug. 26 and was arrested on Aug. 29.· Mr Righton resigned as Vice Chairman of the school's Govenors, shortly after his arrest.· David Coleridge announced that he will resign as chairman of Lloyd's at the end of the year.· He resigned as chairman after an external audit criticised the way Lauda Air handled foreign currency transactions.
· In 1946, within a year of his fiftieth birthday, his father had resigned his commission from the army.· He joined the army in 1883 at the age of 18, but dramatically resigned his commission when the Dreyfus affair broke.· Many officers resigned their commissions to take up jobs with the new company.· As you know, my last posting before I resigned my commission was at Nuremberg from November 1945 to October 1946.· He also conceded that a legal framework could be established allowing officers to resign their commissions.· He chose Mary Ann, resigned his commission and together they returned to Sydney in 1814.
· There were bitter recriminations within the party about who was to blame for her decision to resign.· Consideration for his successor was partly responsible for his decision to resign short of the seven-year goal, he said.· Nyerere's reputation as an individual remains high and was reinforced by his decision to resign as president in late 1985.· He succeeded Corneliu Coposu, who had previously announced his decision to resign from the post.
· The commission found him guilty, and he and a fellow director were forced to resign.· By 1996 the council had expanded to only 58 member companies, and its original executive director had resigned.· But the three directors who resigned have not been charged.· No wonder, then, that when he finally told his board, the directors resigned on the spot.· The director of prisons resigned today.
· About three weeks later, Jenny had resigned herself to the fact that she would stay.
· I resigned myself to my fate.· Santa Anna then resigned himself to his fate.· He was resigned to his own fate.· Tyndale was always aware of and resigned to his likely fate.
· New transitional government Calfa's federal government resigned on June 26.· But the system is so unstable that governments have resigned, on average, once per year throughout the period.· Heath was apprehensive about it as he forced the Stormont government to resign and ended the parliament of Northern Ireland.· He added that if the referendum rejected the programme the government would have to resign.
· I've resigned from my job because I can't cope.· You have probably resigned from more jobs than you have been fired from.· Three journalists even asked if they could resign their jobs and join us.· So he simply resigned his job, sold up and bought air tickets for all the family.
· Resignation Any member may resign by giving written notice to the council, accompanied by his certificate of membership.· By 1976, members were resigning Breira in droves.· During last year 1,750 members resigned compared with 489 a year earlier.· The other two board members who resigned this year were attorneys Joanne Sakai and Jeff Adachi.· These actions forced Augustine to join a number of former board members in resigning.
· Sniping by the president's men has, among other things, forced the foreign minister to resign.· Binyamin Begin, the science minister and son of the former prime minister, resigned in protest.· The large number of Cabinet ministers who have resigned or been dismissed have not been a focus for dissent.· If the new parliament is hung, does the Prime Minister have to resign?· In Prague, where one Prime Minister has already resigned, his successor has been awarded only conditional co-operation by the opposition.· Foreign Minister Shailendra Kumar Upadhyaya resigns in protest at police brutality during pro-democracy demonstrations.· Prime Minister Brian Mulroney resigned in February.
· Nixon resigned less than a month after the film was released.· But with a telling codicil detailing in full what his compensation entitlement would be if he should happen to resign within six months.· Mr Mike Thayer, director of the newly-created Western Region, resigned last month.· Uvarov's position as education minister became untenable and he resigned six months later.
· He resigned his office but was retained on the council when he announced his reversion to Roman Catholicism.· Symington first would resign from office.· The charges would not have been laid if Anwar had accepted a deal, resigned from office and gone abroad.
· It had now been over a year since the opposition parties had resigned from parliament en masse in protest.· Three other ministers from his Samata party also resigned.· Meanwhile in Vienna three of the six Freedom party ministers have resigned or been sacked.
· The club has officially confirmed the appointment nineteen days after Liam Brady resigned the position.· November, 1976 Cauthorn resigns his council position to take a job in Florida.· This time it looks serious and if he is forced to resign then my own position could be in jeopardy.· On May 22, as the group was reaching agreement, he quietly resigned his position.· Mr Cox also resigned his position on the board.· Igor Kasatonov resigned from his position as commander of the Black Sea Fleet.· Similarly, a director of a large company resigned his position after ten years, because he wanted new challenges.
· Iliescu resigned his party posts following his assumption of the presidency and asked Roman to form a government.· Mr Chittenden resigned from his post as Chester's town crier last year.· Mobbs had resigned from his elected post as Dean.· Bourne resigned his post over a controversy involving a prescription he wrote for a member of his staff.· Nyamwisi Movingi had resigned from this post on March 22, accusing the government of leading the country to disaster.· From the wait-and-negotiate camp, Secretary of State Vance resigned his post in protest.
· Before departing for Puebla, Santa Anna also resigned the presidency and supreme command of the army.· At this he became more hostile and told me he was thinking of resigning the Vice Presidency.· In the end, Gerald R.. Ford pardoned Nixon after he resigned the presidency in disgrace.· He resigned his presidency one year and seven months into his second term.
· Nixon was the first President to resign in mid-term.· Barry Cox, 53 years old, chief executive officer and president, resigned to pursue other interests.· That same day the left-leaning Ha'aretz newspaper declared that the president should resign immediately.· Richard Nixon, the only president forced to resign to avoid impeachment, haunts the Republican party yet.
· Foreign Minister Shailendra Kumar Upadhyaya resigns in protest at police brutality during pro-democracy demonstrations.· Binyamin Begin, the science minister and son of the former prime minister, resigned in protest.· Abdallah resigned in protest on Jan. 18.· Some deacons and elders have privately told their ministers that they plan to resign in protest if it passes.· Mr Blanc resigned in protest at the refusal to privatise the airline.· Mr Getchell resigned in protest and was replaced by Mr Oskar Tollefson.· From the wait-and-negotiate camp, Secretary of State Vance resigned his post in protest.
· On the defensive, Dole resigned his Kansas Senate seat on June 11.· He tried to shake up the race by resigning his Senate seat and shedding his tie.· He intended to resign his seat if he won the election.· Garcia resigned his seat in January 1990, shortly before the two were sentenced to three years' imprisonment.· Vice chairman Alan Noble resigned his seat on the board because of business commitments, but that wasn't the last of him.· He resigned his South Dorset seat at the 1987 general election.
· On the defensive, Dole resigned his Kansas Senate seat on June 11.· That balcony mirrors the one Dole gave up last year when he resigned from the Senate to run for president.· He tried to shake up the race by resigning his Senate seat and shedding his tie.· If that happens, McCain will have to resign from the Senate.· Bob Dole of Kansas had been a co-sponsor before resigning from the Senate this month to become a full-time Republican presidential candidate.
· Care tutor Miss Corkhill, of Darlington, was suspended and resigned earlier this week.· Former science minister Binyamin Begin, who resigned the post this week because of the Hebron pullout, explicitly made that argument.
· Stan Storton, Telford's manager, has resigned after eight years for family reasons.· Combs resigned earlier this year to work as state director for U. S. Sen.· John Chalcraft resigned after 40 years, surviving until 1985.· The other two board members who resigned this year were attorneys Joanne Sakai and Jeff Adachi.· York is resigning after 14 years with the automaker.· He resigned his presidency one year and seven months into his second term.· Mr Rod Perriman, the former chief inspector, resigned last year because senior inspectors were upset about the plans.· The orchestra also saw its five top administrators resign last year, including executive director Michael Tiknis.
VERB
· On the Lewinsky lies, we asked him to resign.· Less than a week after Rice and the rest of the curriculum committee made its recommendation, Rice was asked to resign.· Gbedemah and Botsio were asked to resign.· He was asked to resign after pressing for cuts in retirement benefits paid out to employees of the public sector.· At a long meeting of board members on Monday, Burns was asked to resign and refused.· If they are unhappy with me not wanting to open the meetings, they should ask me to resign.· The president, Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara, was reported to have left office after being asked to resign.
· You may be looking for work because you lost your job or decided to resign during your illness.· He decided to resign, not as a tactical manoeuvre, but because he did not have sufficient support to carry on.
· Indeed, though the Cabinet had agreed the plan in December Hoare was forced to resign, and replaced by Eden.· Several White House aides have already been forced to resign because of the travel office and Whitewater.· The commission found him guilty, and he and a fellow director were forced to resign.· Two strikes occurred, and two deans were forced to resign within the Faculty of Engineering.· The agreement leaked out and Inoue was forced to resign in July 1887.· Clark was forced to resign June 18 after eight years as city manager.· In December another presidential adviser, Carlos Spadona, had been forced to resign for his involvement in the case.· The reprimand stops just short of a vote of censure, which would have forced Gingrich to resign as speaker.
· He intended to resign his seat if he won the election.· He intended to resign his post as physician to the Infirmary the following February and to leave in March.
· Dini yesterday refused to resign, saying he had already done so two weeks ago.
· Castor, a prominent Socialist deputy, threatened to resign from the party.· It was also opposed by music director Yoav Talmi, who threatened to resign if any orchestra members were fired.· He's threatened to resign if defeated.· But it is a victory for the environment secretary Jose Lutzenberger, who had threatened to resign over the issue.· Finally, he got his way by threatening to resign.· I did not threaten to resign but I did make it clear that I would not endorse changes I could not justify.· More than 1,000 priests had threatened to resign if the change went through.· Some weeks later there were headlines in the newspapers saying that I threatened to resign.
Phrases
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY
  • He seems to have resigned himself to living without her.
  • Adair, who loves Virgilia, resigns himself to be her confidant and Fergus' mentor.
  • Finally I resign myself to the truth: Anne Frank is dead, she will never write anything else.
  • He had resigned himself to it.
  • I resign myself to being among them soon enough.
  • I resigned myself to merciless stick over the coming week.
  • I never particularly relished torture, but I resigned myself to it when I arrived in Algiers..
  • Lucille had seen the Prince's arrival and hasty departure, and had resigned herself to Sharpe's absence.
  • Lydia was resigning herself to a long stretch of celibacy.
1to officially announce that you have decided to leave your job or an organization → quitresign from She resigned from the government last week.resign as He resigned as governor of Punjab in August.resign your post/seat/position etc Tom has since resigned his membership of the golf club.2resign yourself to (doing) something to make yourself accept something that is bad but cannot be changed → resigned:  Josh resigned himself to the long walk home. At sixteen, I resigned myself to the fact that I’d never be a dancer.COLLOCATIONSnounsresign your post/position/office· He later resigned his post as Minister of Energy.resign your seat (=announce that you will no longer be a member of a parliament, be on a committee etc)· A majority of voters think he should resign his seat in Congress.resign the presidency· Richard Nixon resigned the presidency in 1974.resign your chairmanship· Mr Hunt announced that he has resigned his chairmanship of the committee.resign your membership· He recently resigned his membership of the National Rifle Association.
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