| 单词 | abdicate |
|---|---|
| 音标 | ['æbdikeit] |
| 解释 | v.退位，辞职，放弃 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 v.让位，辞职，放弃( to give up a throne, authority) 【考】 abdicate : throne / resign : office(放弃王位/放弃职位)反义词: usurp(篡夺); assume(担当官位);co nstitute(任命) 【记】 ab+dic(说话，命令)+ ate→不再命令→退位； 【同】 派生词: abdication(n. 退位), abdicator(n. 退位者)同根词：dictator(命 令者，独裁者); indicate(表示, 暗示) |
| 字源 | abdicate (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. |
| 不择手段背单词 | v. (正式)放弃(权力、高职位或责任) = relinquish = shed = slough 【例】to abdicate the office 辞职abdicate a right 放弃权利 【根】ab远离, dic宣布, 说话, 命令－宣布远离, 远离命令－退位ab远离, dicate = dictator(n 独裁者)－放弃权力 【参】abdicator(n 退位者); indicate(v 表示, 暗示) 【类】abdicate: throne = resign: office = recant: belief放弃王位 = 放弃职位 = 放弃信仰 【反】usurp(v 纂夺); assume(v 担任官位); constitute(v 任命) |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】ab+dic(说话,命令)+ate→不再命令→退位； 【相关】diction 说话，措辞，dictator 独裁者, dictionary 词典 |
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