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abdicate
['æb.dɪ.keɪt] verb
KING/QUEEN 国王／皇后
intransitive or transitive
■If a king or queen abdicates, they make a formal statement that they no longer want to be king or queen 逊位；退（位），让（位），正式放弃（王位）•King Edward VIII abdicated (the British throne) in 1936 so that he could marry Mrs Simpson, a divorced woman.为了和离过婚的辛普森夫人结婚，英王爱德华八世在1936年退位（放弃英国王位）。
['æb.dɪ.keɪt] verb
NOT DO 不做
abdicate responsibility formal disapproving
■to stop controlling or managing something that you are in charge of 放弃职责•She was accused of abdicating all responsibility for the project.她因为对这个项目完全撒手不管而受到了指责。 |