单词 | conge |
释义 | conge (once / 69119 pages) 1nv 2n WORD FAMILY conge: conges USAGE EXAMPLESIt is obvious that serious loss might be entailed upon the community, if the patron refrained for some time from granting his congé d’élire. Power, Eileen, Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275...(2012) The letters P.P.C. for pour prendre congé, written at the lower corner of visiting cards, indicate departure from town or from a neighbourhood. Anonymous, Manners and Rules of Good Society—o...(2012) The King, in order to keep the temporalities the longer, often refused his “congé d’elire,” without which an election was invalid by the civil law. Anonymous, Mellifont Abbey, Co. Louth—Its Ruin...(2012) 1 1n formal permission to depart he gave me his conge Syn|Hyper congee license, permission, permit the act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization 2n an abrupt and unceremonious dismissal Syn|Hyper congee discharge, dismissal, dismission, firing, liberation, release, sack, sacking the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart) 3v perform a ceremonious bow 2Syn|Hyper congee bow, bow down bend one's knee or body, or lower one's head n (architecture) a concave molding Syn|Hyper congee molding, moulding a decorative strip used for ornamentation or finishing |
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