cedes的中文翻譯是什麼意思

VERB割讓(領土);放棄(權力)

If someone in a position of authority cedes land or power to someone else, they let them have the land or power, often as a result of military or political pressure.

• Only a short campaign took place in Puerto Rico, but after the war Spain ceded the island to America...

  在波多黎各的戰事很短暫;但是戰爭結束後，西班牙將該島嶼割讓給了美國。

• The General had promised to cede power by January.

  將軍允諾於一月份之前交出兵權。