Resign



GRE 蓝宝 Barron 考研

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. 辞职, 放弃
• ［英］ v. 辞职, 放弃 ( give up a job or position)
• ［类］ abdicate : throne / resign : office ( 退位离开王位 / 辞职离开工职)

Webster Collegiate

verb

• Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French resigner, from Latin resignare, literally, to unseal, cancel, from re- + signare to sign, seal — more at sign
• Date: 14th century
• transitive verb
  • 1. relegate, consign; especially to give (oneself) over without resistance <resigned herself to her fate>
  • 2. to give up deliberately; especially to renounce (as a right or position) by a formal act
• intransitive verb
  • 1. to give up one's office or position ; quit
  • 2. to accept something as inevitable ; submit
• Synonyms: see relinquish, abdicate
• ? resignedly adverb
• ? resignedness noun
• ? resigner noun

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