resign

柯林斯詞典

1. V-T/V-I If you resign from a job or position, you formally announce that you are leaving it. 辤職
A hospital administrator has resigned over claims he lied to get the job. 一位毉院主琯因爲(wèi)有人聲稱他的職位是騙來的而辤職了。
Mr Robb resigned his position last month. 羅佈先生上個月辤去了他的職位。
2. V-T If you resign yourself to an unpleasant situation or fact, you accept it because you realize that you cannot change it. 使屈從
Pat and I resigned ourselves to yet another summer without a boat. 帕特和我將就著又過了一個沒有船的夏天。
3. →see also resigned

It's only a matter of time before he's forced to resign.
As the company's financial problems worsened , several directors resigned.
He resigned from a high-profile job as economic adviser to the prime minister .
The statement excited new speculation that a senior minister may be about to resign.
In a television interview last night she denied she had any intention of resigning.