relinquish
英 [rɪ'lɪŋkwɪʃ]***美 [rɪ'lɪŋkwɪʃ]
助记提示
re-往回，linqu谐音“离开”（leave），ish-后缀
中文词源
relinquish 放弃，放手，让渡来自拉丁语 relinquere,留下，留给，来自 re-,向后，往回，linquere,留下，留给，词源同 delinquency,relic.引申诸相关词义。
中文词源
- relinquish
- relinquish: see relic
- relinquish (v.)
- mid-15c., "desert, abandon;" late 15c., "give up, desist," from Old French relinquiss-, present participle stem of relinquir (12c.), from Latin relinquere "leave behind, forsake, abandon, give up," from re- "back" (see re-) + linquere "to leave," from PIE *linkw-, from root *leikw- "to leave behind" (cognates: Sanskrit reknas "inheritance, wealth," rinakti "leaves;" Greek leipein "to leave;" Gothic leihvan, Old English lænan "to lend;" Old High German lihan "to borrow;" Old Norse lan "loan"). Related: Relinquished; relinquishing.
双语例句
- 1. He does not intend to relinquish power.
- 他没有打算放弃权力。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. He was forced to relinquish control of the company.
- 他被迫放弃对公司的控制权。
来自《权威词典》
- 3. He was forced to relinquish control of the company.
- 他被迫放弃公司的掌控权.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. They will never voluntarily relinquish their independence.
- 他们绝对不会自动放弃独立.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 5. They had to relinquish their position to the enemy.
- 他们只好把阵地放弃让于敌人.
来自辞典例句
