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单词 abdicator
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
ab•di•cate /ˈæbdɪˌkeɪt/USA pronunciation   v., -cat•ed, -cat•ing. 
  1. to give up (an important position, responsibility, authority, duties, a high office, etc.): [+ object]He abdicated the throne of England.[no object]He decided to abdicate.
ab•di•ca•tion /ˌæbdɪˈkeɪʃən/USA pronunciation  n. [uncountable]

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
ab•di•cate  (abdi kāt′),USA pronunciation v., -cat•ed, -cat•ing. 
v.i. 
  1. to renounce or relinquish a throne, right, power, claim, responsibility, or the like, esp. in a formal manner:The aging founder of the firm decided to abdicate.

v.t. 
  1. to give up or renounce (authority, duties, an office, etc.), esp. in a voluntary, public, or formal manner:King Edward VIII of England abdicated the throne in 1936.
  • Latin abdicātus renounced (past participle of abdicāre), equivalent. to ab- ab- + dicātus proclaimed (dic- (see dictum) + -ātus -ate1)
  • 1535–45;
ab•di•ca•ble  (abdi kə bəl),USA pronunciation adj.  ab•di•ca•tive  (abdi kā′tiv, -kə-),USA pronunciation adj.  abdi•ca′tor, n. 
    • 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged resign, quit.
    • 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged abandon, repudiate.

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