abdicates是什么意思？

abdicates

• v. 放弃（职责、权力等）( abdicate的第三人称单数 )，退位，逊位；

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• VERB
  退位;逊位
  If a king or queen abdicates, he or she gives up being king or queen.
  例句
  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.
  例句
  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。