relinquish

英 [rɪˈlɪŋkwɪʃ]

美 [rɪˈlɪŋkwɪʃ]

v.  (尤指不情愿地)放弃

过去式：relinquished　过去分词：relinquished　现在分词：relinquishing　第三人称单数：relinquishes　

TOEFLIELTSGRETEM8法律

Collins.1 / BNC.8524 / COCA.9453

牛津词典

verb

• （尤指不情愿地）放弃
  to stop having sth, especially when this happens unwillingly
  1. He was forced to relinquish control of the company.
     他被迫放弃对公司的控制权。
  2. They had relinquished all hope that she was alive.
     他们已经完全不指望她还活着了。
  3. She relinquished possession of the house to her sister.
     她将房子让给了她的妹妹。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 放弃，出让(权力或控制)
  If yourelinquishsomething such as power or control, you give it up.
  1. He does not intend to relinquish power.
     他没有打算放弃权力。

英英释义

verb

• release, as from one's grip
  1. Let go of the door handle, please!
  2. relinquish your grip on the rope--you won't fall
  Synonym:let go oflet gorelease
• turn away from
  1. I am foreswearing women forever
  Synonym:foreswearrenouncequit
• part with a possession or right
  1. I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest
  2. resign a claim to the throne
  Synonym:releaseresignfreegive up
• do without or cease to hold or adhere to
  1. We are dispensing with formalities
  2. relinquish the old ideas
  Synonym:waiveforgoforegoforesweardispense with

双语例句

• Nora was not willing to relinquish her high paying job for more free time.
  诺拉不愿意为了拥有更多的空闲时间而放弃高薪的工作。
• Another question is are you ready to relinquish your self destructive nature?
  你准备好放弃你的自毁本质吗？
• Bush is calling on the Pakistani president to hold elections and relinquish his army post as soon as possible.
  布什呼吁巴基斯坦总统尽快进行选举并放弃他的军事权力。
• We should not relinquish it and become fearful of "ghosts" just because we have criticized our unrealistic notions and deeds in recent years;
  尽管这几年我们有一些想法和做法不切实际，也不要因为批判了这些东西，就丧失了理想，丧失了志气，就怕起“鬼”来了。
• TVB watchers also say MS Fong may not want to relinquish control of TVB soon.
  tvb观察人士同时表示，方逸华可能不希望很快放弃对tvb的控制权。
• Leading people requires that they relinquish control over their lives.
  领导其他人，就要求这些人放弃生活的自主权。
• But until they succeed, they won't relinquish the crutch of an undervalued exchange rate.
  但是在他们成功之前，他们不会放弃压低人民币汇率这根拐杖。
• The majority of the conference can't bear to relinquish the idea.
  与会的大多数人不能忍受放弃这个主意。
• This helps the service class instance relinquish the resources it is using.
  这有助于服务类实例放弃它正在使用的资源。
• But why would you willingly relinquish control over your resources and allow them to virtually exist in the cloud?
  但是，为什么您会心甘情愿地放弃对自己资源的控制，而让它们虚拟地存在于云中呢？