resign

Word family nounresignationresignednessresignerresignmentadjectiveresignedadverbresignedlyverbresign

Related topics: Employment

re·sign /rɪˈzaɪn/ W3 verb [intransitiveI, transitiveT]

1 BELEAVE A JOB OR ORGANIZATIONto officially announce that you have decided to leave your job or an organization 辞职；放弃〔工作或职位〕 → quit

resign from

She resigned from the government last week.

上星期她辞去了政府部门的工作。

resign as

He resigned as governor of Punjab in August.

他在8月份辞去了旁遮普邦总督的职务。

resign your post/seat/position etc

Tom has since resigned his membership of the golf club.

汤姆从那以后就退出了高尔夫球俱乐部。

2 resign yourself to (doing) something ACCEPTto make yourself accept something that is bad but cannot be changed 使自己顺从于（做）某事；安于〔无法改变的不愉快状况〕 → resigned

Josh resigned himself to the long walk home.

乔希只好走很长的路回家。

At sixteen, I resigned myself to the fact that I’d never be a dancer.

16岁的时候，我不得不接受这个事实——我永远也成不了舞蹈演员。

Examples from the Corpus

resign yourself to (doing) something• Lydia was resigning herself to a long stretch of celibacy.• Adair, who loves Virgilia, resigns himself to be her confidant and Fergus' mentor.• I resign myself to being among them soon enough.• I never particularly relished torture, but I resigned myself to it when I arrived in Algiers..• He had resigned himself to it.• He seems to have resigned himself to living without her.• I resigned myself to merciless stick over the coming week.• Lucille had seen the Prince's arrival and hasty departure, and had resigned herself to Sharpe's absence.• Finally I resign myself to the truth: Anne Frank is dead, she will never write anything else.

n COLLOCATIONS

nouns

resign your post/position/office

He later resigned his post as Minister of Energy.

resign your seat (=announce that you will no longer be a member of a parliament, be on a committee etc)

A majority of voters think he should resign his seat in Congress.

resign the presidency

Richard Nixon resigned the presidency in 1974.

resign your chairmanship

Mr Hunt announced that he has resigned his chairmanship of the committee.

resign your membership

He recently resigned his membership of the National Rifle Association.

Examples from the Corpus

resign• The following years, he resigned as chairman of the committee.• Nixon was the first US President to resign before the end of his term of office.• I wanted to resign, but my boss persuaded me to stay.• She resigned from the board after profits fell by a further 3%.• Roberts replaces Jacob Winters, who resigned from the firm last month.• He resigned from the party on 25 September 1939.• Mr Cox also resigned his position on the board.• The manager was forced to resign his post after allegations of corruption.• He will resign if he is forced to accept an unrealistic budget he can not commit to.• In a statement issued on March 19 Hekmatyar called on Najibullah to resign immediately.• Former science minister Binyamin Begin, who resigned the post this week because of the Hebron pullout, explicitly made that argument.• Oedipus of course resigned the throne.

resign your post/seat/position etc• Most of the leading professors at St Petersburg University resigned their posts.• On May 22, as the group was reaching agreement, he quietly resigned his position.• Whatever the police said or did, decided Meryl, she was going to resign her post at the District.• He intended to resign his seat if he won the election.• From the wait-and-negotiate camp, Secretary of State Vance resigned his post in protest.• Bourne resigned his post over a controversy involving a prescription he wrote for a member of his staff.

From Longman Business Dictionary

resignre·sign /rɪˈzaɪn/ verb [intransitiveI, transitiveT]JOB

to officially leave a job, position etc through your own choice, rather than being told to leave

The vice-president resigned hispost last week.

resign as

One director recently resigned as trustee of the fund.

resign from

He has resigned from the board for personal reasons.

Origin resign

(1300-1400) Old French resigner, from Latin resignare “to unseal, cancel, give back”, from signare; → SIGN2

单词	resign
释义	resign Word family nounresignationresignednessresignerresignmentadjectiveresignedadverbresignedlyverbresign Related topics: Employment re·sign /rɪˈzaɪn/ ●●○ W3 verb [intransitiveI, transitiveT] 1 BELEAVE A JOB OR ORGANIZATIONto officially announce that you have decided to leave your job or an organization 辞职；放弃〔工作或职位〕 → quit resign from She resigned from the government last week. 上星期她辞去了政府部门的工作。 resign as He resigned as governor of Punjab in August. 他在8月份辞去了旁遮普邦总督的职务。 resign your post/seat/position etc Tom has since resigned his membership of the golf club. 汤姆从那以后就退出了高尔夫球俱乐部。 2 resign yourself to (doing) something ACCEPTto make yourself accept something that is bad but cannot be changed 使自己顺从于（做）某事；安于〔无法改变的不愉快状况〕 → resigned Josh resigned himself to the long walk home. 乔希只好走很长的路回家。 At sixteen, I resigned myself to the fact that I’d never be a dancer. 16岁的时候，我不得不接受这个事实——我永远也成不了舞蹈演员。 Examples from the Corpus resign yourself to (doing) something• Lydia was resigning herself to a long stretch of celibacy.• Adair, who loves Virgilia, resigns himself to be her confidant and Fergus' mentor.• I resign myself to being among them soon enough.• I never particularly relished torture, but I resigned myself to it when I arrived in Algiers..• He had resigned himself to it.• He seems to have resigned himself to living without her.• I resigned myself to merciless stick over the coming week.• Lucille had seen the Prince's arrival and hasty departure, and had resigned herself to Sharpe's absence.• Finally I resign myself to the truth: Anne Frank is dead, she will never write anything else. n COLLOCATIONS nouns resign your post/position/office He later resigned his post as Minister of Energy. resign your seat (=announce that you will no longer be a member of a parliament, be on a committee etc) A majority of voters think he should resign his seat in Congress. resign the presidency Richard Nixon resigned the presidency in 1974. resign your chairmanship Mr Hunt announced that he has resigned his chairmanship of the committee. resign your membership He recently resigned his membership of the National Rifle Association. Examples from the Corpus resign• The following years, he resigned as chairman of the committee.• Nixon was the first US President to resign before the end of his term of office.• I wanted to resign, but my boss persuaded me to stay.• She resigned from the board after profits fell by a further 3%.• Roberts replaces Jacob Winters, who resigned from the firm last month.• He resigned from the party on 25 September 1939.• Mr Cox also resigned his position on the board.• The manager was forced to resign his post after allegations of corruption.• He will resign if he is forced to accept an unrealistic budget he can not commit to.• In a statement issued on March 19 Hekmatyar called on Najibullah to resign immediately.• Former science minister Binyamin Begin, who resigned the post this week because of the Hebron pullout, explicitly made that argument.• Oedipus of course resigned the throne. resign your post/seat/position etc• Most of the leading professors at St Petersburg University resigned their posts.• On May 22, as the group was reaching agreement, he quietly resigned his position.• Whatever the police said or did, decided Meryl, she was going to resign her post at the District.• He intended to resign his seat if he won the election.• From the wait-and-negotiate camp, Secretary of State Vance resigned his post in protest.• Bourne resigned his post over a controversy involving a prescription he wrote for a member of his staff. From Longman Business Dictionary resignre·sign /rɪˈzaɪn/ verb [intransitiveI, transitiveT]JOB to officially leave a job, position etc through your own choice, rather than being told to leave The vice-president resigned hispost last week. resign as One director recently resigned as trustee of the fund. resign from He has resigned from the board for personal reasons. Origin resign (1300-1400) Old French resigner, from Latin resignare “to unseal, cancel, give back”, from signare; → SIGN2
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