relinquish

动词 v.

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To give up, abandon or retire from something; to trade away. transitive
    — to relinquish a title
  2. To let go (free, away), physically release. transitive
  3. To metaphorically surrender, yield control or possession. transitive
    — But it was the most fleeting of false dawns. Dmitri Yachvilli slotted a penalty from distance after Flood failed to release his man on the deck, and France took a grip they would never relinquish.
  4. To accept to give up, withdraw etc. transitive
    — The delegations saved the negotiations by relinquishing their incompatible claims to sole jurisdiction.

词形变化

relinquishes present,singular,third-person relinquishing participle,present relinquished participle,past relinquished past

词源

Etymology tree
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”).
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