| 单词 | resign |
| 释义 | resign (once / 138 pages) 1v 2v To resign is to quit or retire from a position. You can also resign yourself to something inevitable, like death — meaning you just accept that it's going to happen. When people resign, they're leaving something, like a job or political office. Congressmen resign after a scandal. Coaches resign after a really terrible season. Regular folks simply resign when they're ready to go. In those cases, resign is a nicer way of saying quit. Being resigned is another sense of this word — it's a type of acceptance. If your team is losing 80-20, you might as well resign yourself to losing. That just means you aren't in denial. WORD FAMILYresign: resignation, resigned, resignedly, resigning, resigns+/resignation: resignations USAGE EXAMPLESRichard Nixon, so sure-footed in foreign policy, was forced to resign. Wall Street Journal(Jan 02, 2017) Ultimately, he resigned, which was the right decision. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) He resigned on Saturday, a day before his arrest. BBC(Jan 02, 2017) 1 v accept as inevitable 2He resigned himself to his fate Syn|Hyper reconcile, submit accept consider or hold as true 1v leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily The chairman resigned when he was found to have misappropriated funds Syn|Hypo|Hyper give up, renounce, vacate abdicate, renounce give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations leave office, quit, step down give up or retire from a position 2v give up or retire from a position The chairman resigned over the financial scandal Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper leave office, quit, step down take office assume an office, duty, or title give up, renounce, vacate leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily retirego into retirement; stop performing one's work or withdraw from one's position top outgive up one's career just as one becomes very successful falllose office or power superannuateretire or become ineligible because of old age or infirmity abdicate, renouncegive up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations bow out, withdrawretire gracefully depart, leave, pull up stakes remove oneself from an association with or participation in 3v part with a possession or right resign a claim to the throne Syn|Hypo|Hyper free, give up, release, relinquish derequisition release from government control give, sacrificeendure the loss of give, hand, pass, pass on, reach, turn over place into the hands or custody of |
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