abdicate
1.VERB 动词退位;逊位 If a king or queen abdicates, he or she gives up being king or queen.
【语法信息】：V
【语法信息】：Also V n
The last French king was Louis Philippe, who abdicated in 1848.
法国末代国王是1848年逊位的路易·菲力普。
abdication
...the most serious royal crisis since the abdication of Edward VIII.
自爱德华八世退位以来最为严重的皇室危机
2.VERB 动词放弃（责任）；失（职） If you say that someone has abdicated responsibility for something, you disapprove of them because they have refused to accept responsibility for it any longer.
【语法信息】：V n
【语用信息】：disapproval
【STYLE标签】：FORMAL 正式
Many parents simply abdicate all responsibility for their children.
许多父母对孩子简直是完全撒手不管。
abdication
There had been a complete abdication of responsibility.
曾经一度完全无人负责。
