Waive



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• v.放弃; 推迟考虑
• ［英］ v.放弃 ( to relinquish voluntarily) ; 推迟考虑 ( postpone)
• ［例］ waive honors ( 放弃荣誉) / waive the problem aside

Webster Collegiate

transitive verb (waived; waiving)

• Etymology: Middle English weiven to decline, reject, give up, from Anglo-French waiver, gaiver, from waif lost, stray — more at waif
• Date: 14th century
• 1. archaic give up, forsake
• 2. to throw away (stolen goods)
• 3. archaic to shunt aside (as a danger or duty) ; evade
• 4.
  • a. to relinquish voluntarily (as a legal right) <waive a jury trial>
  • b. to refrain from pressing or enforcing (as a claim or rule) ; forgo <waive the fee>
• 5. to put off from immediate consideration ; postpone
• 6. \［influenced by wave (I)\］ to dismiss with or as if with a wave of the hand <waived the problem aside>
• 7. to place (a ball player) on waivers; also to release after placing on waivers
• Synonyms: see relinquish

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