relinquish

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vt. 放弃, 撤回, 停止, 松开, 让与 [法] 让与, 把...交给, 放弃

发音

其它 /ɹɪˈlɪŋkwɪʃ/
US /ɹɪˈlɪŋkwɪʃ/

词形变化

relinquished relinquishes 三单 relinquishes relinquishest relinquisheth relinquishing relinquisht relinquishing 现在分词 relinquished 过去式 relinquished 过去分词

教材释义与例句

动词

放弃；放手；让渡

释义与例句

v. C1
  1. 1.

    To give up, abandon or retire from something; to trade away.

    及物

    to relinquish a title

    to relinquish property

    to relinquish rights

    to relinquish citizenship or nationality

    relinquish power

  2. 2.

    To let go (free, away), physically release.

    及物
  3. 3.

    To metaphorically surrender, yield control or possession.

    及物
  4. 4.

    To accept to give up, withdraw etc.

    及物

    The delegations saved the negotiations by relinquishing their incompatible claims to sole jurisdiction.

词汇关系

动词

同义词 10

free quit release resign renounce waive forego forgo give up let go

上位词 10

give move hand act pass reach abandon give up pass on turn over

下位词 10

give kick pop loose sacrifice withdraw discharge unleash disengage unhand

词源

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re- Proto-Indo-European *leykʷ- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *linékʷti Proto-Italic *linkʷō Latin linquō Latin relinquō Old French relenquir Middle French relinquirbor. Middle English relinquisshen English relinquish From Middle English relinquisshen, from the inflected stem relinquiss- of Middle French relinquir, from Latin relinquere, itself from re- + linquere (“to leave”). Compare also Sanskrit रिणक्ति (riṇakti, “to leave”).

来源：wiktionary