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re·lin·quish AHD[rĭ-lĭngʹkwĭsh] D.J.[rɪˈlɪŋkwɪʃ]K.K.[rɪˈlɪŋkwɪʃ]v.tr.(及物动词)re.lin.quished, re.lin.quish.ing, re.lin.quish.es - To retire from; give up or abandon.离开;放弃或抛弃
- To put aside or desist from (something practiced, professed, or intended).作罢,断念:停止或把(练习过的,专长的或想做的事)放在一边
- To let go; surrender.放开;放弃
- To cease holding physically; release:松开;放开:relinquish a grip.松开掌握
- Middle English relinquisshen 中古英语 relinquisshen
- from Old French relinquir relinquiss- 源自 古法语 relinquir relinquiss-
- from Latin relinquere 源自 拉丁语 relinquere
- re- [re-] re- [前缀re-]
- linquere [to leave] * see leik w- linquere [离开] * 参见 leik w-
relinʹquisher n.(名词)relinʹquishment n.(名词)relinquish, yield, resign, abandon, surrender, cede, waive, renounce- These verbs have in common the sense of letting something go or giving something up.这些动词都有松开某物或者放弃某事物的意思。
- Relinquish, the least specific, sometimes connotes unwillingness or regret: Relinguish 是最不明确的,有些时候还暗示着不愿意或后悔: can't bear to relinquish the idea.不能忍受放弃这个主意。
- Yield implies giving way, as to pressure or superior authority, often in the hope that such action will be temporary: Yield 意味着让步,如向压力或上级权威,经常是希望这样的行动将是暂时性的: gradually had to yield ground.逐渐不得不让步。
- Resign suggests unresisting submission or acquiescence, as that arising from hopelessness: Resign 暗示着不抵抗的屈服或默认,如因为毫无希望而产生的: was forced by the scandal to resign the office to which he had been elected.因丑闻而被辞去他已当选的职务。
- Abandon andsurrender agree in implying no expectation of returning to or recovering what is given up, but the terms differ in thatsurrender implies the operation of compulsion, demand, or force: Abandon 和surrender 在意味不存在已失去的东西的回归或恢复的希望时是一致的, 但是这两个词的区别是surrender 意味着强迫、命令或力量之下的行动: abandoned all hope;放弃了所有的希望;refusing to surrender control.拒绝向控制屈服。
- Cede connotes formal transfer,as of rights or territory: Cede 暗示着正式的转让:如权力或领地的让渡: a province ceded by treaty.条约的割让的一个省。
- Waive implies a voluntary decision to dispense with something,such as a claim or right: Waive 意味着自愿地放弃某事物的决定,如权力或要求: waived all privileges. Torenounce is to relinquish something formally and usually as a matter of principle: 放弃所有的特权。 Renounce 是正式地放弃某事物,通常是原则性的事物: renounced his claim to the estate. 放弃了他对房产的要求
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