relinquish
relinquish 英 [rɪˈlɪŋkwɪʃ] 美 [rɪˈlɪŋkwɪʃ]
vt. 放弃；放手
进行时:relinquishing 过去式:relinquished 过去分词:relinquished 第三人称单数:relinquishes 名词复数:relinquishes
- If you relinquish something, you let it go. You relinquish control of the army when you resign as general. You relinquish your plan to sneak into town when your parents find out what's going on.
- 请先登录
- vt. 放弃；放手
-
1. He was forced to relinquish control of the company.
他被迫放弃对公司的控制权。
-
2. They had relinquished all hope that she was alive.
他们已经完全不指望她还活着了。
-
3. She relinquished possession of the house to her sister.
她将房子让给了她的妹妹。
-
4. He’s relinquished his claim to the throne.
他放弃了继承王位的要求。
- relinquish (v.) mid-15c., "desert, abandon;" late 15c., "give up, desist," from Old French relinquiss-, present participle stem of relinquir (12c.), from Latin relinquere "leave behind, forsake, abandon, give up," from re- "back" (see re-) + linquere "to leave," from PIE *linkw-, nasalized form of root *leikw- "to leave." Related: Relinquished; relinquishing.
- 请先登录
0 个回复