| 单词 | abdicate |
| 释义 | abdicate —abdicable /ab"di keuh beuhl/, adj. —abdicative /ab"di kay'tiv, -keuh-/, adj. —abdicator, n. /ab"di kayt'/, v. , abdicated, abdicating. v.i. 1. to renounce or relinquish a throne, right, power, claim, responsibility, or the like, esp. in a formal manner: The aging founder of the firm decided to abdicate. v.t. 2. to give up or renounce (authority, duties, an office, etc.), esp. in a voluntary, public, or formal manner: King Edward VIII of England abdicated the throne in 1936. [1535-45; < L abdicatus renounced (ptp. of abdicare), equiv. to ab- AB- + dicatus proclaimed (dic- (see DICTUM) + -atus -ATE1)] Syn. 1. resign, quit. 2. abandon, repudiate. |
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