abdication是什么意思？

abdication

英[ˌæbdɪ'keɪʃn] 美[ˌæbdɪ'keɪʃn]

• n. 退位，辞职，（权力、权利、要求、职责、责任等的）放弃；

动词：abdicate;

例句

• Abdication is precluded by the lack of a possible successor. 因为没有可能的继承人, 让位无法实现。
• The officers took over and forced his abdication in 1947. 1947年军官们接管了政权并迫使他退了位。
• The king announced abdication, but the tribal leaders opposed the king's will. 王上宣布让位, 但是部族首领违抗王命.
• Do you know the reason of King Edward the 8 th's abdication? 你知道英王爱德华八世放弃王位的原因 吗 ?
• There had been a complete abdication of responsibility. 曾经一度完全无人负责。

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。

英汉词典释义

• n.
  退位，辞职
  The officers took over and forced his abdication in 1947. 1947年军官们接管了政权并迫使他退了位。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. a formal resignation and renunciation of powers
  2. the act of abdicating