| 单词 | secession |
| 释义 | secession (once / 1981 pages) 1n 2n The noun secession refers to a big break-up — a formal split, an official “Good-bye to you!” — among political entities. If France has really, truly had it with the European Union, then a French secession movement may be in order. You could think of secession as a kind of divorce for governments, an official and often lasting split between an alliance, federation, or other political group. Secession is the noun version of the verb secede (meaning to withdraw from an organization), and when a secession takes place the group doing the seceding makes a formal departure from the original group. A famous example of political secession happened right before the American Civil War, when eleven southern states withdrew from the U.S. government over the issue of slavery. WORD FAMILYsecession: secessionism, secessions+/secede: seceded, secedes, seceding, secession/secessionism: secessionist/secessionist: secessionists USAGE EXAMPLESSome of them began wondering if there was something to the secession idea after all. Salon(Dec 29, 2016) Scotland, which voted heavily to stay in the E.U., looks ready to revisit the secession vote that narrowly failed to pass two years ago. Washington Post(Dec 15, 2016) Spain’s constitution doesn’t permit a referendum or the secession of a region. Seattle Times(Dec 16, 2016) 1 n formal separation from an alliance or federation 2Syn|Hypo|Hyper withdrawal breakaway, breaking away the act of breaking away or withdrawing from separation the act of dividing or disconnecting n an Austrian school of art and architecture parallel to the French art nouveau in the 1890s Syn|Hyper sezession school a body of creative artists or writers or thinkers linked by a similar style or by similar teachers art movement, artistic movementa group of artists who agree on general principles Secession (once / 11509 pages) n WORD FAMILY Secession: Secessions USAGE EXAMPLESSecession was ruled illegal in the 1869 Supreme Court case, Texas v. Salon(Aug 17, 2016) If The Gray Secession Committee succeeds, a chunk of valuable lakefront property would shift to Raymond. Seattle Times(Aug 15, 2016) Secession has been a part of Texas history for longer than the state has even existed. Time(May 13, 2016) n the withdrawal of eleven southern states from the Union in 1860 which precipitated the American Civil War Exp separation the act of dividing or disconnecting |
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