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1903 relinquish¹

今天我们要学的词是 relinquish. Relinquish 动词，意思是放弃。Tina Turner recently filed paperwork to relinquish her American citizenship². 蒂娜.特纳最近递交了申请文件，放弃自己美国公民的身份。华尔街日报的报道说，Experts believe increased tax enforcement is the major reason for a record number of U.S. taxpayers³ relinquishing⁴ their citizenship or green cards this year. 有关专家认为，税法的严格执行是造成今年放弃公民或绿卡的美国纳税人人数创下新高的主要原因。好的，今天我们学习的词是 relinquish, relinquish, relinquish....

1 relinquish   

v.放弃，撤回，让与，放手

参考例句：

• He was forced to relinquish control of the company.他被迫放弃公司的掌控权。
• They will never voluntarily relinquish their independence.他们绝对不会自动放弃独立。

2 citizenship   

n.市民权，公民权，国民的义务(身份)

参考例句：

• He was born in Sweden,but he doesn't have Swedish citizenship.他在瑞典出生，但没有瑞典公民身分。
• Ten years later,she chose to take Australian citizenship.十年后，她选择了澳大利亚国籍。

3 taxpayers   

纳税人，纳税的机构( taxpayer的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Finance for education comes from taxpayers. 教育经费来自纳税人。
• She was declaiming against the waste of the taxpayers' money. 她慷慨陈词猛烈抨击对纳税人金钱的浪费。

4 relinquishing   

交出，让给( relinquish的现在分词 )； 放弃

参考例句：

• The international relinquishing of sovereignty would have to spring from the people. 在国际间放弃主权一举要由人民提出要求。
• We know that no one ever seizes power with the intention of relinquishing it. 我们很明白，没有人会为了废除权力而夺取权力。 来自英汉文学