formalGIVE to let someone else have your position, power, or rights, especially unwillingly 〔尤指不情愿地〕放弃,交出〔职位、权力、权利〕SYN give up
No one wants to relinquish power once they have it.
人一旦有了权就不想放弃。
relinquish something to somebody
Stultz relinquished control to his subordinate.
斯塔尔茨把控制权交给了他的下属。
Examples from the Corpus
relinquish• Captain Weiss will relinquishcommand after this mission.• Slowly, states are beginning to relinquish control of their energyindustries.• He relinquished her hand and stood, stretching the tiredness from his muscles.• The prince was persuaded to relinquish his claim to the throne.• Vanreenen relinquished his membership and served as secretary for six years; the Honorable Company prohibits members from working for the club.• Finally, Franco simply did not want to relinquish his position.• The United States is pressing the rebelarmy to relinquish power.• Britain was pulling out and relinquishingresponsibility there within thirty days.• This is a very fine work and one regrets that, in later life, he relinquished the oilmedium.• Equally some parents in the study quotedabove, wanted to say good-bye and relinquish their children in a positive sense.
relinquish something to somebody• Singlemother Lisa had relinquished her baby to her parents.
Originrelinquish
(1400-1500)Old Frenchrelinquir, from Latinrelinquere“to leave behind”, from linquere“to leave”