(尤指君主)正式退位、让位;也可指放弃(职责、权力或责任)。常见搭配:abdicate the throne / abdicate responsibility。
/ˈæbdɪkeɪt/
The king decided to abdicate after years of unrest.
国王在多年动荡之后决定退位。
By refusing to act, the committee seemed to abdicate its responsibility to protect the public interest.
由于拒绝采取行动,该委员会似乎是在放弃其保护公共利益的责任。
来自拉丁语 abdicare,由 *ab-*(“离开、去掉”)+ dicare(“宣告、指定”)构成,原意含“公开宣布放弃(某种地位或权利)”。因此它既可用于“退位”,也可引申为“放弃职责”。