abdicate 英 ['æbdɪkeɪt]
vi. 退位;放弃
vt. 退位;放弃
vi. 退位;放弃
vt. 退位;放弃
来自拉丁语,来自 ab-(away,离开)+ dic-(说,宣告)+ -ate(动词后缀)→ 其字面意思就是“宣告放弃职位或权利等”,故引申为“退位、辞职”。同源词:dictionary(词典),predicate(断言、断定),indicate(表明、暗示、指示)。
abdicate
abdicate: see indicate
abdicate (v.)
1540s, "to disown, disinherit (children)," from Latin abdicatus, past participle of abdicare "to disown, disavow, reject" (specifically abdicare magistratu "renounce office"), from ab- "away" (see ab-) + dicare "proclaim," from stem of dicere "to speak, to say" (see diction). Meaning "divest oneself of office" first recorded 1610s. Related: Abdicated; abdicating.