abdicates

英 [ˈæbdɪkeɪts]

美 [ˈæbdɪkeɪts]

v.  退位; 逊位; 失(职); 放弃(职责)
abdicate的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 退位;逊位
  If a king or queenabdicates, he or she gives up being king or queen.
  1. The last French king was Louis Philippe, who abdicated in 1848.
     法国末代国王是1848年逊位的路易·菲力普。
• VERB 放弃（责任）；失（职）
  If you say that someone hasabdicatedresponsibility for something, you disapprove of them because they have refused to accept responsibility for it any longer.
  1. Many parents simply abdicate all responsibility for their children.
     许多父母对孩子简直是完全撒手不管。

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