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单词 resigned
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Definition of resigned in English:

resigned

adjective rɪˈzʌɪndrɪˈzaɪnd
  • Having accepted something unpleasant that one cannot do anything about.

    my response is a resigned shrug of the shoulders
    Example sentencesExamples
    • "I'm not concerned," he says with a resigned grin.
    • He seems to be resigned to the fact that there will be no indictments.
    • Instead of being outraged, many ranchers seemed resigned.
    • His work was a flaming call to arms; hers is resigned, melancholy, even funereal.
    • I was proud of myself for giving up for a while, than resigned, and then I realized that the whole thing was semantics anyway.
    • There was a new tone not previously heard in his voice, a resigned one.
    • Some argue at being stopped, others cajole, others are resigned.
    • Akiko glances at it and looks resigned, then hopeful.
    • Now, my response is a resigned shrug of the shoulders.
    • Without treatment, a person with avoidant personality disorder may become resigned to a life of near or total isolation.
    • Three years later, they are resigned to the demands of parenthood.
    • Instead he seems to be happily resigned to it.
    • They claim a minority are resigned to renting permanently.
    • There was an audible sign of resigned frustration from my fellow passengers.
    • So they are resigned to the fact that there could be another deadly attack which they simply can't prevent.
    • The town of 3,000 inhabitants are resigned to the bear sanctuary on their doorstep.
    • He does seem resigned to her presence now.
    • One by one, people tell their dark tales in solemn, angry and/or resigned tones.
    • Shrugging her shoulders as she says this, she is resigned rather than rational.
    • But today, she was more resigned to her fate.

Derivatives

  • resignedly

  • adverb rɪˈzʌɪnɪdlirəˈzaɪnədli
    • ‘I am facing decisions all my life,’ he said resignedly, while checking in luggage.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • ‘I have far too much to do and give myself silly deadlines,’ he says resignedly.
      • ‘I really don't listen to anything to be honest with you,’ he resignedly admits from his Dallas home.
      • His father shrugged and said resignedly, ‘I'm calling the police.’
      • Having put my hats away for another year, I resignedly shake the mothballs from my woollens and resolutely turn to face the dark months ahead.
  • resignedness

  • noun
    • It fostered a certain resignedness, but also a great pride in its tenacity.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • They all walked to their cars in various stages of grumpiness and resignedness.
      • Moreover, the film has a sort of resignedness to it...a man comes, stays, then leaves.

Rhymes

affined, behind, bind, blind, find, hind, humankind, interwind, kind, mankind, mind, nonaligned, rind, unaligned, unassigned, unconfined, undefined, undersigned, undesigned, unlined, unrefined, unsigned, wynd

Definition of resigned in US English:

resigned

adjectiveriˈzīndrɪˈzaɪnd
  • Having accepted something unpleasant that one cannot do anything about.

    my response is a resigned shrug of the shoulders
    Example sentencesExamples
    • His work was a flaming call to arms; hers is resigned, melancholy, even funereal.
    • There was an audible sign of resigned frustration from my fellow passengers.
    • But today, she was more resigned to her fate.
    • There was a new tone not previously heard in his voice, a resigned one.
    • Now, my response is a resigned shrug of the shoulders.
    • The town of 3,000 inhabitants are resigned to the bear sanctuary on their doorstep.
    • Three years later, they are resigned to the demands of parenthood.
    • I was proud of myself for giving up for a while, than resigned, and then I realized that the whole thing was semantics anyway.
    • They claim a minority are resigned to renting permanently.
    • Shrugging her shoulders as she says this, she is resigned rather than rational.
    • He does seem resigned to her presence now.
    • One by one, people tell their dark tales in solemn, angry and/or resigned tones.
    • "I'm not concerned," he says with a resigned grin.
    • Akiko glances at it and looks resigned, then hopeful.
    • Instead of being outraged, many ranchers seemed resigned.
    • So they are resigned to the fact that there could be another deadly attack which they simply can't prevent.
    • Instead he seems to be happily resigned to it.
    • He seems to be resigned to the fact that there will be no indictments.
    • Some argue at being stopped, others cajole, others are resigned.
    • Without treatment, a person with avoidant personality disorder may become resigned to a life of near or total isolation.
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