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单词 abnegate
释义
abnegate
verb[T]
formal
uk
/ˈæb.nɪ.ɡeɪt/us
/ˈæb.nə.ɡeɪt/
to notallowyourself to have something,especiallysomething you like orwant
克制；不容自己享受…
to notacceptsomething, or to say that you do not have something:
放弃（权利、要求等）；交出（权力等）
to abnegateresponsibility/guilt不肯承担责任/罪责
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Refusing & rejecting
  • abnegation
  • bar
  • batsomething/someoneaway
  • blow(something)out
  • brush
  • brushsomeone/somethingoff
  • disown
  • jettison
  • laugh
  • miss a chance/opportunityidiom
  • quit
  • quit onsomeone
  • react
  • react againstsomething
  • recusant
  • repudiate
  • resistant
  • spurn
  • turnyournose upidiom
  • unclaimed
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Denying & contradicting

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(Definition ofabnegatefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofabnegate

abnegate
Although this finding has been abnegated as being insignificant, it cannot be refuted or overlooked.
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My generation and that which followed mine must be held responsible for abnegating our duty to instil moral values in our children.
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However, for some years that committee has abnegated that responsibility.
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The importance of this is that it is not their rights that are abnegated.
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The victim in our system has abnegated his right to bring a trial.
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We would be abnegating our responsibilities.
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I am quite sure my noble friend did not mean that we shouldabnegateany responsibility that we have now assumed.
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I do not think that they canabnegatetheir responsibilities.
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I am sure that he would not suggest that we shouldabnegateour responsibilities to someone whose report we have not yet seen.
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However, for some reason local authorities now want toabnegatethat responsibility.
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