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King Responsibility Abdicate Verb Abdicated 英[ˈæbdɪkeɪt 美[ˈæbdɪˌket Vt.放弃(职责、权力等);Vi.退位,逊位;Adj.可以放弃的;放弃权力的,退位的;N.放弃权力者,退位者

单词 abdicate
音标
英[ˈæbdɪkeɪt] 美[ˈæbdɪˌket]
解释
vt.放弃(职责、权力等);vi.退位,逊位;adj.可以放弃的;放弃权力的,退位的;n.放弃权力者,退位者;
例句

VERB
退位;逊位
If a king or queen abdicates, he or she gives up being king or queen.
例:The last French king was Louis Philippe, who abdicated in 1848.法国末代国王是1848年逊位的路易·菲力普。

VERB
放弃(责任);失(职)
If you say that someone has abdicated responsibility for something, you disapprove of them because they have refused to accept responsibility for it any longer.
例: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。
变形
noun:abdication~third:abdicates~done:abdicated~ing:abdicating~past:abdicated~

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