英 [ˈæbdɪkeɪt] 美 [ˈæbdɪkeɪt]
v. 退位；放弃（责任），失（职）；放弃
第三人称单数abdicates
现在分词abdicating
过去式abdicated
过去分词abdicated
abdicate /ˈæbdɪˌkeɪt/ TEM8 [ abdicating abdicated abdicates ]
不及物动词 If a king or queen abdicates, he or she gives up being king or queen. 退位
The last French king was Louis Philippe, who abdicated in 1848.
最后一位法国国王是路易斯·菲利普, 退位于1848年。
不可数名词 退位
...the most serious royal crisis since the abdication of Edward VIII.
…自从爱德华八世退位以来最严重的皇室危机。
及物动词 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. 推卸 (职责)
Many parents simply abdicate all responsibility for their children.
很多父母干脆推卸掉他们对孩子的所有责任。
不可数名词 推卸
There had been a complete abdication of responsibility.
曾有个彻底推卸责任的情况。
give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations
The King abdicated when he married a divorcee
同义词： renounce
退位-引用次数：2
让位
... abandon放弃、抛弃、遗弃 abdicate让位；辞职 indicate指示 ...
以皇太后身份临朝称制，继续掌权；690年迫睿宗李旦退位(Abdicate)，遂革唐命，思恋一个人的滋味就像喝了一大杯冰水，然后用很长很长的时间流成热泪。
... abbreviate v.缩写，缩短，使简略 abdicate v.放弃权利；退位 abduct v.绑架，诱拐 ...
... abbreviate 删节；缩短 abdicate 正式放弃；辞职，退位 abject 凄惨的，不幸的；下贱的，卑鄙的；绝望无助的 ...
abdicable 可辞职的；可放弃的
abdication 辞职；退位
abdicator 让位者；放弃者
退位；放弃
King Juan Carlos of Spain once insisted "kings don't abdicate, they die in their sleep".
西班牙国王胡安卡洛斯曾坚称：“国王们没有退位，他们在睡梦中去世了。”
Expensive things are not inevitably the province of the rich unless we abdicate society's power of choice.
昂贵的东西不一定是富人的专利，除非我们放弃社会的选择权。
She was forced to abdicate the throne of Spain.
她被迫让出西班牙的王位。
Willing to abdicate briefly to testify as a private citizen if given the chance.
"In protest at this imbecilic 'King's Song', I hereby abdicate as a Dutch subject, " the petition reads.
But I cannot have -- I do not have the right to ask a president to abdicate.
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