1550s, "a disowning," from Latin abdicationem (nominative abdicatio) "renunciation, abdication," noun of action from past participle stem of abdicare (see abdicate); sense of "resignation of sovereignty" is from 1680s.
双语例句
1. There had been a complete abdication of responsibility.
曾经一度完全无人负责。
来自柯林斯例句
2. The officers took over and forced his abdication in 1947.
1947年军官们接管了政权并迫使他退了位.
来自《简明英汉词典》
3. Abdication is precluded by the lack of a possible successor.
因为没有可能的继承人,让位无法实现.
来自《简明英汉词典》
4. American abdication would tempt Soviet tendencies toward filling every vacuum.
美国的退位将使苏联想要填补每一个真空.
来自辞典例句
5. This almost formal abdication of fatherhood hurt him.
