relinquish
英 [rɪ'lɪŋkwɪʃ]
美 [rɪ'lɪŋkwɪʃ]
語源
relinquish 放棄する、手放す、譲歩するラテン語のrelinquere「残す」、re-「後方」、backward「後方」、linquere「残す」、delinquency「遺物」と語源的には同じ。
英語の語源
- relinquish
- relinquish: see relic
- relinquish (v.)
- mid-15c., "desert, abandon;" late 15c., "give up, desist," from Old French relinquiss-, present participle stem of relinquir (12c.), from Latin relinquere "leave behind, forsake, abandon, give up," from re- "back" (see re-) + linquere "to leave," from PIE *linkw-, from root *leikw- "to leave behind" (cognates: Sanskrit reknas "inheritance, wealth," rinakti "leaves;" Greek leipein "to leave;" Gothic leihvan, Old English l?nan "to lend;" Old High German lihan "to borrow;" Old Norse lan "loan"). Related: Relinquished; relinquishing.
例文
- 1. He does not intend to relinquish power.
- 彼は権力を放棄するつもりはありません。
- 2.He was forced to relinquish control of the company.
- 彼は会社の制御権を放棄することを余儀なくされた。
- 3.He was forced to relinquish control of the company.
- 彼は会社の支配権を放棄することを余儀なくされた。
- 4.They will never voluntarily relinquish their independence.
- 彼らは決して独立を自動的に放棄しない。
- 5.They had to relinquish their position to the enemy.
- 彼らは陣地を敵に譲るしかなかった。
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