cede

动词 v.

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To give up; yield to another. transitive
    — Edward decided to cede the province.
  2. To give up; yield to another.; Same as above. ditransitive,transitive
    — After figuring out the seating arrangement and ceding him the window seat, I took my own seat by the aisle.
  3. To give way. intransitive

词形变化

cedes present,singular,third-person ceding participle,present ceded participle,past ceded past

词源

Borrowed from Middle French ceder, from Old French ceder, from Latin cēdō (“to yield”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱyesdʰ- (“to drive away; to go away”). Cognate with Tocharian B kätk- (“to cross, pass”).
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