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词汇 relinquish
释义 relinquish
verb[ T ]
 formaluk /rɪˈlɪŋ.kwɪʃ/ us /rɪˈlɪŋ.kwɪʃ/
to give up something such as a responsibility or claim: 放弃;拒绝
He has relinquished his claim to the throne.他放弃了继承王位的要求。
She relinquished control of the family investments to her son.她把家庭投资的掌控权移交给了儿子。
to unwillingly stop holding or keeping something: (不情愿地)松开,放开,交出,让予
She relinquished her hold/grip on the steering wheel.她松开了握着方向盘的手。
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relinquish | American Dictionary


relinquish
verb[ T ]
us/rɪˈlɪŋ·kwɪʃ/
to give up something, such as a responsibility or claim:
He refused to relinquish control of his company.

Examples of relinquish


relinquish
Maintaining multiple roles in the face of competing demands or, contrariwise, relinquishing roles or giving precedence to caregiving, both carry inherent difficulties.
Many were thus forced to leave thereby relinquishing their right to the land and the hut.
The significance of relinquishing this physical contact is uncertain.
Control is only relinquished when the symptoms are no longer manageable.
In cases of custody dispute, the legal discourse apparently relinquishes its power in favour of the therapeutic approach.
In contrast, carers in our sample who were not engaged in or had relinquished other roles felt more resentful about caregiving.
The daughter accepted this distinction, and her father eventually relinquished, readmitting her into his household.
In this setting, social workers are moving into a role of facilitator and provider of resources, and relinquishing many decision-making powers.
Of those who had once used bottle supplement, 60% never relinquished it and half of them (19%) stopped breast-feeding altogether.
They lost the war that ensued, then relinquished power under duress.
Therefore, the late-onset group might represent those who have employed these processes satisfactorily throughout life but have difficulty relinquishing fundamental sources of personal meaning.
Nature never relinquished its authority as last court of appeal, but its authority was now of a palpably different kind.
While not relinquishing all hope to do so, they issued statements that might accommodate any outcome.
The may had two halves : during the second half, the incumbent may seat relinquished some of its religious duties to the ' guest ' site that would host the next may.
From this comparison it emerges that the notion of role is inherently temporal; indeed roles are acquired and relinquished dependent on either time or a specific event.
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