英语词汇“abdicate”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

abdicateabdicate /ˈæbdɪˌkeɪt/ verb

ETYMOLOGYabdicate

Origin: 1500-1600 Latin, past participle of abdicare, from ab- away + dicare to say publicly

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

1abdicate responsibility/authority/leadership etc. formal to refuse to be responsible for something, be in control of something, etc., when you should be or were before: The federal government has abdicated its responsibility in dealing with housing needs.2[intransitive, transitive] to give up the position of being king or queen3[transitive] to officially give up an important government position or responsibility: abdicate something to somebody/something The city’s elected officials seem to have abdicated their power to appointed staff. [Origin: 1500–1600 Latin, past participle of abdicare, from ab- away + dicare to say publicly]—abdication /ˌæbdɪˈkeɪʃən/ noun [countable, uncountable]