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relinquish
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🇺🇸 /ɹɪlˈɪŋkwɪʃ/
relinquish 是“放手并不再占有或坚持”的正式动词,常指放弃权利、职位、控制权或某项主张,也可指实际松手释放。
💡 记忆钩子
把手里的东西放开:先是身体上松手释放,进一步就是放弃占有、职位或控制权;在争论中,则是不再坚持自己的主张。
📝 学习建议
- 先掌握“放弃某物、某权利或控制权”这一核心义,再记身体上“松手释放”的用法。
- 它通常暗示主动、正式地放弃,不只是普通的“失去”;不要把它简单理解成“离开”。
📖 中文释义
verb
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core 放弃;交出📖 指主动不再拥有、使用或担任某物,尤其是职位、权利、责任或身份;可以理解为把手中的东西正式放下。💡 常用“relinquish + 职位/权利/责任/所有权”等结构。它强调主动交出或不再保留,语气正式,不能随意替换所有表示“失败”或“失去”的词。中文学习者容易把它误解成单纯“离开”,但这里重点是放弃原本掌握的东西。transitiveShe decided to relinquish her position as chairperson.她决定放弃主席一职。The company refused to relinquish ownership of the land.公司拒绝放弃这片土地的所有权。
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common 松手释放📖 指把手中的人或物松开,让它离开自己的控制;这是“放手”这一核心画面的最直接用法。💡 常用“relinquish + 手中的物体/抓住的人”等结构。这个义项较正式,描述实际动作时不如普通的“放开”自然;不要把它和表示“发布、公开”的词混淆。宾语应是被松开或释放的对象,而不是释放后获得的结果。transitiveHe reluctantly relinquished his grip on the rope.他不情愿地松开了抓住绳子的手。
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core 交出控制;让出所有权📖 指不再控制某人、某物或某种局面,把掌握的权力或占有权让给别人;它是从实际松手发展出的比喻义。💡 常用“relinquish control/power/authority over + 对象”或“relinquish + 控制权、所有权”等结构。这个义项多见于正式报道、管理和政治语境,强调控制权的转移。不要把它理解成暂时失去控制;通常是主动让出或接受自己不再掌控。transitiveThe manager eventually relinquished control of the project.经理最终让出了这个项目的控制权。The team refused to relinquish its lead.这支队伍拒绝让出领先地位。
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common 放弃主张;撤回要求📖 指在谈判、争论或正式安排中不再坚持自己的要求、权利或管辖主张,相当于把原先抓住的立场放下。💡 常用“relinquish + claim/right/demand”或“relinquish one’s claim to + 对象”等结构。它常用于法律、外交和谈判语境,带有正式、明确撤回的意味。不要把它只理解为“改变想法”,因为这里通常涉及一项已经提出或拥有的正式主张。transitiveBoth sides agreed to relinquish their claims to the disputed territory.双方同意放弃对这片争议领土的主张。
relinquishes
present,singular,third-person
relinquishing
participle,present
relinquished
participle,past
relinquished
past
📘 英文释义 (WordNet)
共 4 组
release, as from one's grip;
同义词集:
let go of
let go
release
relinquish
Let go of the door handle, please!
relinquish your grip on the rope--you won't fall
反义: hold, take hold
下位: discharge, disengage, let loose, loose, muster out, pop, toggle, unleash, withdraw
turn away from; give up
同义词集:
foreswear
renounce
quit
relinquish
I am foreswearing women forever
上位: abandon, give up
part with a possession or right;
同义词集:
release
relinquish
resign
free
give up
I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest
resign a claim to the throne
上位: give, hand, pass, pass on, reach, turn over
下位: give, sacrifice
do without or cease to hold or adhere to;
同义词集:
waive
relinquish
forgo
forego
foreswear
dispense with
We are dispensing with formalities
relinquish the old ideas
下位: give up, kick
🌳 词源
源自拉丁语 relinquere,核心意思是“留下、离开”,后来发展出“放手、放弃”的含义。
Proto-Italic *wre-
Latin re-
Proto-Indo-European *leykʷ-
Proto-Indo-European *-né-
Proto-Indo-European *linékʷti
Proto-Italic *linkʷō
Latin linquō
Latin relinquō
Old French relenquir
Middle French relinquirbor.
Middle English relinquisshen
English relinquish
From Middle English relinquisshen, from the inflected stem relinquiss- of Middle French relinquir, from Latin relinquere, itself from re- + linquere (“to leave”).
Compare also Sanskrit रिणक्ति (riṇakti, “to leave”).
🔄 变式
relinquished
past
relinquishes
present
relinquishing
present
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