abase
(v.)
to humiliate, degrade 1 降低身份, 貶低
2 垂下, 低垂
(After being overthrown and abase, leader offered to bow down to his conqueror.)
abate
(v.)
to reduce, lessen
<<及物動詞>>
1 減輕
2 減少
abate a tax 減稅 3『法律』廢除, 撤銷
<<不及物動詞>>
減弱, 緩和, 消退
(The rain poured down for a while, then abated.)
abdicate
(v.)
to give up a position, usually one of leadership
<<及物動詞>>
放棄權利, 不負責任
辭職, 讓位, 退位, 遜位
abdicate the crown [throne] 讓位, 退位
<<不及物動詞>> 辭職, 卸任
(When he realized that the revolutionaries would surely win, the king abdicated his throne.)
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