relinquished
past simple and past participle ofrelinquish
| 单词 | relinquished |
| 释义 | relinquished past simple and past participle ofrelinquish relinquish verb[T] formaluk/rɪˈlɪŋ.kwɪʃ/us/rɪˈlɪŋ.kwɪʃ/to give up something such as aresponsibilityorclaim: He has relinquished hisclaimto thethrone. She relinquishedcontrolof thefamilyinvestmentstoherson. tounwillinglystopholdingorkeepingsomething: She relinquished herhold/gripon thesteeringwheel. Stop having or doing something
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Falling and dropping Examplesofrelinquishedrelinquished In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Experimenters on emotionsrelinquishedthe ideal of total control for the sake of producing strong emotions. From theCambridge English Corpus That responsibility cannot berelinquishedduring the selection of candidacy or organ allocation. From theCambridge English Corpus Control is onlyrelinquishedwhen the symptoms are no longer manageable. From theCambridge English Corpus He maintained that the liberty to petition the king was an incontrovertible right which he insisted must not berelinquished. From theCambridge English Corpus In contrast, carers in our sample who were not engaged in or hadrelinquishedother roles felt more resentful about caregiving. From theCambridge English Corpus The daughter accepted this distinction, and her father eventuallyrelinquished, readmitting her into his household. From theCambridge English Corpus Of those who had once used bottle supplement, 60% neverrelinquishedit and half of them (19%) stopped breast-feeding altogether. From theCambridge English Corpus Social conventions may also determine that once a role is acquired it cannot berelinquishedat all. From theCambridge English Corpus Hence, at least relative to others who have had less of her share of life, her claim on resources is diminished orrelinquishedentirely. From theCambridge English Corpus They lost the war that ensued, thenrelinquishedpower under duress. From theCambridge English Corpus It may be that the yeomanryrelinquishedcontrol over the churchwardenship once it became clear that it was not crucial to their interests. From theCambridge English Corpus Nature neverrelinquishedits authority as last court of appeal, but its authority was now of a palpably different kind. From theCambridge English Corpus And so we defer to exploration, which would only be flabby if itrelinquishedthe practical discipline of history and theory making. From theCambridge English Corpus The may had two halves : during the second half, the incumbent may seatrelinquishedsome of its religious duties to the ' guest ' site that would host the next may. From theCambridge English Corpus From this comparison it emerges that the notion of role is inherently temporal; indeed roles are acquired andrelinquisheddependent on either time or a specific event. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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