abdicate
US
UK abdicate vi: (give up: throne)
SC 退位 tuì wèi
TC 退位
TC 退位
SC 让位 tuì wèi，ràng wèi
King Edward VIII came to the throne in 1936 and abdicated later that year.
abdicate [sth] vtr: (give up, renounce) (权力、要求、责任)
SC 放弃，舍弃 fàng qì，shě qì
TC 放棄
TC 放棄
Dorothy abdicated all responsibility for her son the moment he started stealing to fund his drug habit.
从她儿子开始偷钱来满足药瘾的那刻起，桃乐茜就推卸掉对他的所有责任。