relinquishing
present participle ofrelinquish
| 单词 | relinquishing |
| 释义 | relinquishing present 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 Examplesofrelinquishingrelinquishing In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Maintaining multiple roles in the face of competing demands or, contrariwise,relinquishingroles or giving precedence to caregiving, both carry inherent difficulties. From theCambridge English Corpus This meant that the indigenous peoples living in these areas were forced to move to other areas,relinquishingtheir traditional rights on these areas. From theCambridge English Corpus Relinquishingvariation to natural forces was for them tantamount to claiming that variation was arbitrary, with no ordained cause or foreseeable end. From theCambridge English Corpus He did take some short-term risk byrelinquishingthe credit he could have received from other mathematicians and astronomers through early widespread replications. From theCambridge English Corpus And if forgiveness meansrelinquishinga legal path toward justice, who among us should be entitled to make that moral judgment on our behalf? From theCambridge English Corpus Reliance on the family came at the price ofrelinquishingcontrol over assets. From theCambridge English Corpus Many were thus forced to leave therebyrelinquishingtheir right to the land and the hut. From theCambridge English Corpus The significance ofrelinquishingthis physical contact is uncertain. From theCambridge English Corpus The pleasure of consummating this union lies partly in therelinquishingof the traditional father-son rivalry, essential to the formation of the normative man. From theCambridge English Corpus Inherent in this experimental practice one thus finds arelinquishingof interpretive authority. From theCambridge English Corpus The task would require winning cultural legitimacy withoutrelinquishingthe basic tenants of the faith. From theCambridge English Corpus This pattern is consistent withrelinquishingthe habits as one ages. From theCambridge English Corpus In this setting, social workers are moving into a role of facilitator and provider of resources, andrelinquishingmany decision-making powers. From theCambridge English Corpus Therefore, the late-onset group might represent those who have employed these processes satisfactorily throughout life but have difficultyrelinquishingfundamental sources of personal meaning. From theCambridge English Corpus While notrelinquishingall hope to do so, they issued statements that might accommodate any outcome. 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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