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Disown Abdicare 20191.Abdicate 英 æbdɪkeɪt]美 æbdɪket 释义 Vi

正面 20191.abdicate
英 ['æbdɪkeɪt]美 ['æbdɪket]

背面
释义:
vi. 退位;放弃vt. 退位;放弃
例句:
1. Many parents simply abdicate all responsibility for their children.许多父母对孩子简直是完全撒手不管。

谐音“捆起,困起”----捆起,困住----把火势围困住、控制住。
来自拉丁语,来自 ab-(away,离开)+ dic-(说,宣告)+ -ate(动词后缀)→ 其字面意思就是“宣告放弃职位或权利等”,故引申为“退位、辞职”。同源词:dictionary(词典),predicate(断言、断定),indicate(表明、暗示、指示)。
abdicateabdicate: see indicateabdicate (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."

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