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 今天我们要学的词是 abdicate¹.

 

abdicate 的意思是退位，放弃责任。At age 85, Japan's Emperor Akihito is set to abdicate the throne this year with relief that his reign² is ending without his nation having been at war. 现年85岁的日本明仁天皇将在今年退位，他在位期间日本没有经历战争。

 

British Prime Minister Theresa May accused her predecessor³ Tony Blair of undermining the Brexit talks by calling for another referendum, and said they could not "abdicate responsibility" to deliver Brexit by holding a new poll. 英国首相特蕾莎·梅指责她的前任托尼·布莱尔提出进行另一次全民公决是破坏英国脱欧谈判，并表示他们不能以举行新投票脱欧来“放弃责任”。

1 abdicate   

v.让位，辞职，放弃

参考例句：

• The reason I wnat to abdicate is to try something different.我辞职是因为我想尝试些不一样的东西。
• Yuan Shikai forced emperor to abdicate and hand over power to him.袁世凯逼迫皇帝逊位，把政权交给了他。

2 reign   

n.统治时期，统治，支配，盛行；v.占优势

参考例句：

• The reign of Queen Elizabeth lapped over into the seventeenth century.伊丽莎白王朝延至17世纪。
• The reign of Zhu Yuanzhang lasted about 31 years.朱元璋统治了大约三十一年。

3 predecessor   

n.前辈，前任

参考例句：

• It will share the fate of its predecessor.它将遭受与前者同样的命运。
• The new ambassador is more mature than his predecessor.新大使比他的前任更成熟一些。