单词	abdication
释义	abdicateab‧di‧cate /ˈæbdɪkeɪt/ verb [intransitive, transitive] Word Origin WORD ORIGINabdicate Origin: 1500-1600 Latin past participle of abdicare, from ab- ‘away, off’ + dicare ‘to say publicly’ Verb Table VERB TABLE abdicate Simple Form Present I, you, we, they abdicate he, she, it abdicates Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they abdicated Present perfect I, you, we, they have abdicated he, she, it has abdicated Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had abdicated Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will abdicate Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have abdicated Continuous Form Present I am abdicating he, she, it is abdicating you, we, they are abdicating Past I, he, she, it was abdicating you, we, they were abdicating Present perfect I, you, we, they have been abdicating he, she, it has been abdicating Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been abdicating Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be abdicating Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been abdicating Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS By the end of the year he had abdicated. Edward reportedly surrendered and abdicated, whereupon the estates renounced their homage to him and then returned to inform parliament. Opponents also cite the city government as an example of where elected officials have abdicated their power to the appointed staff. President Kennedy assured Wallace that federal troops would be used only if the state abdicated its responsibilities. This is not a reason why district ethics committees should yield to pressure to abdicate their responsibilities to local citizens. When governments abdicate this steering responsibility, disaster often follows. word sets WORD SETS► Sociology abdicate, verbaffirmative action, nounage discrimination, nounageism, nounalienation, nounalmshouse, nounbackground, nounbeatnik, nounbeggar, nounbetterment, nounbirthrate, nounbohemian, adjectivebondage, nouncarer, nouncaretaker, nouncase work, nouncaste, nouncity planning, nouncommoner, nounconditioning, nounconsumer society, nounculture, noundisease, noundosser, noundoss house, noundown-and-out, noundownwardly mobile, adjectiveeuthanasia, nounformative, adjectivegenteel, adjectivegentlefolk, noungentleman, noungentlewoman, noungentry, noungeriatric, adjectivegerontology, noungrey, adjectivehermit, nounhierarchy, nounhippie, nounHonourable, adjectiveindependence, nounindustrialism, nouninequality, nouninfrastructure, nouninner city, nouninstitution, nouninstitutionalize, verbintegrate, verbliteracy, nounlower class, nounlow life, nounmatrix, nounmeritocracy, nounmobile, adjectivemores, nounmortality, nounNew Age traveller, nounorder, nounoutreach, nounpatriarchy, nounpecking order, nounpeer pressure, nounpetty bourgeois, adjectiveplebeian, nounpolitics, nounprogress, nounrank, nounreaction, nounrear, verbreceive, verbredneck, nounrevolution, nounsecularism, nounservice, nounsexual, adjectivesister, nounslave, nounslavery, nounsnowbird, nounsocial, adjectivesocial, nounsocialization, nounsocial science, nounsocial studies, nounsocial work, nounsocial worker, nounsociety, nounsocio-, prefixsocioeconomic, adjectivesoup kitchen, nounstratified, adjectivestratum, nounstreet people, nounsubgroup, nounsuburbanite, nounsuburbia, nounsupport group, nountownie, nountown meeting, nountown planning, nountownspeople, nountramp, noununattached, adjectiveuncle, noununconventional, adjectiveunderclass, nounupwardly mobile, adjectivewhite-collar, adjectiveworking class, noun Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY► abdicate the throne  The king was forced to abdicate the throne. COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► a king abdicates (=gives up the position of being king)· It shocked the nation when the king abdicated. ► a queen abdicates (=gives up the position of being queen)· The Queen is unlikely to abdicate. ► abdicate responsibility formal (=refuse to have responsibility for something you used to have responsibility for)· The state should not allow parents to abdicate responsibility for their children. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► responsibility · But this made the Department and ministers once again vulnerable to charges of abdicating their responsibilities for financial and policy goals.· When governments abdicate this steering responsibility, disaster often follows.· This is not a reason why district ethics committees should yield to pressure to abdicate their responsibilities to local citizens.· It worked in a few places, but most governments abdicated their steering responsibilities.· If the court took this view, it would be abdicating its responsibility.· President Kennedy assured Wallace that federal troops would be used only if the state abdicated its responsibilities.· By invoking testosterone a man can abdicate responsibility for his own behaviour.· Orkney Islands Council abdicated all responsibility to its social work department: my children were made to suffer accordingly. ► throne · Romero reportedly has abdicated his throne, which could give Johnson his opportunity at last. Phrases PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► abdicate (your) responsibility By invoking testosterone a man can abdicate responsibility for his own behaviour. 1to give up the position of being king or queen:  King Alfonso XIII abdicated in favour of his eldest son. The king was forced to abdicate the throne.2abdicate (your) responsibility formal to refuse to be responsible for something, when you should be or were before:  The government has largely abdicated its responsibility in dealing with housing needs.—abdication /ˌæbdɪˈkeɪʃən/ noun [countable, uncountable]
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