renounce

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishrenouncere‧nounce /rɪˈnaʊns/ verb [transitive] 1 STOP DOING somethingif you renounce an official position, title, right etc, you publicly say that you will not keep it anymore SYN give up Edward renounced his claim to the French throne. She renounced her citizenship.2 BELIEVEto publicly say or show that you no longer believe in something, or will no longer behave in a particular way SYN reject, → renunciation These groups must renounce violence if there is to be progress towards peace. Young people renounced capitalism in favour of peace and love.→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusrenounce• I admire the way he has virtually renounced ancestral claims to deification.• Bernard and Ellen went to visit Belinda, who had renounced her separatist tendencies sufficiently to marry a graphics designer.• Rudolph voluntarily renounced his U.S. citizenship.• With admirable diligence it worked away, renouncing its authority over one territory after another.• I reminded him of my advice that he should not have renounced the Upper House so speedily.• Edward reportedly surrendered and abdicated, whereupon the estates renounced their homage to him and then returned to inform parliament.• It demands insight into the necessity of growing old, and the courage to renounce what is no longer compatible with it.Origin renounce (1300-1400) Old French renoncer, from Latin renuntiare, from nuntiare “to report”

单词	renounce
释义	renounce From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishrenouncere‧nounce /rɪˈnaʊns/ verb [transitive] 1 STOP DOING somethingif you renounce an official position, title, right etc, you publicly say that you will not keep it anymore SYN give up Edward renounced his claim to the French throne. She renounced her citizenship.2 BELIEVEto publicly say or show that you no longer believe in something, or will no longer behave in a particular way SYN reject, → renunciation These groups must renounce violence if there is to be progress towards peace. Young people renounced capitalism in favour of peace and love.→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusrenounce• I admire the way he has virtually renounced ancestral claims to deification.• Bernard and Ellen went to visit Belinda, who had renounced her separatist tendencies sufficiently to marry a graphics designer.• Rudolph voluntarily renounced his U.S. citizenship.• With admirable diligence it worked away, renouncing its authority over one territory after another.• I reminded him of my advice that he should not have renounced the Upper House so speedily.• Edward reportedly surrendered and abdicated, whereupon the estates renounced their homage to him and then returned to inform parliament.• It demands insight into the necessity of growing old, and the courage to renounce what is no longer compatible with it.Origin renounce (1300-1400) Old French renoncer, from Latin renuntiare, from nuntiare “to report”
随便看	pointblank pointblank refusal pointe pointe pointed pointedly pointer pointillism pointillisme pointing prep school prepackaged prepackaged prepacked prepaid prepaid preparation preparations preparatory preparatory school preparatory school preparatory to preparatory to something prepare prepare