abdication
n. 退位,辭職; (權力、權利、要求、職責、責任等的)放棄
If a king or queen abdicates, he or she gives up being king or queen.
The last French king was Louis Philippe, who abdicated in 1848.
法國末代國王是1848年遜位的路易·菲力普。
If you say that someone has abdicated responsibility for something, you disapprove of them because they have refused to accept responsibility for it any longer.
Many parents simply abdicate all responsibility for their children.
許多父母對孩子簡直是完全撒手不管。
1. a formal resignation and renunciation of powers
2. the act of abdicating
There had been a complete abdication of responsibility.
曾經一度完全無人負責。
Do you know the reason of King Edward the 8 th's abdication?
你知道英王愛德華八世放棄王位的原因 嗎 ?
The king announced abdication, but the tribal leaders opposed the king's will.
王上宣佈讓位, 但是部族首領違抗王命.
Napoleon signed his abdication on June 22.
6月22日,拿破崙簽字退位.
It was a shocking abdication of responsibility.
這是一種令人震驚的不負責任.