| 单词 | renounce |
| 释义 | renounce (once / 455 pages) v To renounce is to officially give up or turn away from. People on a diet usually renounce pizza and chocolate cake, for example. The transitive verb renounce is a stronger, more formal way of saying that you reject or disown something. A prince who's tired of the royal life could renounce his title and become a commoner, or a senator who wanted to become an independent would have to renounce his political party ties. You'd be wise to heed the wisdom of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, who said: “To renounce liberty is to renounce being a man, to surrender the rights of humanity and even its duties.” WORD FAMILYrenounce: renounced, renouncement, renounces, renouncing, renunciant, renunciation+/renouncement: renouncements/renunciation: renunciations, self-renunciation USAGE EXAMPLESIf we renounce our faith in these things, where do we put it instead? Washington Post(Dec 22, 2016) Did I understand what it meant to renounce my mother tongue? The New Yorker(Dec 25, 2016) Did they want me to also renounce all earthly possessions and swaddle myself in rough linens? Salon(Dec 24, 2016) 1v turn away from; give up Syn|Hypo|Hyper foreswear, quit, relinquish disclaim renounce a legal claim or title to abandon, give up give up with the intent of never claiming again 2v give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations Syn|Hyper abdicate give up, resign, vacate leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily 3v leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily Syn|Hypo|Hyper give up, resign, vacate abdicate give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations leave office, quit, resign, step down give up or retire from a position 4v cast off She renounced her husband Syn|Hypo|Hyper disown, repudiate apostatise, apostatize, tergiversate abandon one's beliefs or allegiances abjure, forswear, recant, resile, retractformally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure swallow, take back, unsay, withdrawtake back what one has said rebut, refuteoverthrow by argument, evidence, or proof denyrefuse to accept or believe abnegatedeny or renounce contradict, controvert, opposebe resistant to answergive a defence or refutation of (a charge) or in (an argument) reject refuse to accept or acknowledge |
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