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the act of giving up your job or position; the occasion when you do this 辞职 a letter of resignation 辞职信 There were calls for her resignation from the board of directors. 有人要求她辞去董事会中的职务。 Further resignations are expected. 预计还会有人辞职。 The defeat led to his resignation as team manager. 这次失败导致他辞去了团队经理的职务。
CollocationsJobs 工作 Jobs 职业 Getting a job 找工作 - look for work
找工作 - look for/apply for/go for a job
找工作；申请一个职位；努力争取工作 - get/pick up/complete/fill out/ (British English) fill in an application (form)
得到／拿到／完成／填写申请（表） - send/email your (British English) CV/(North American English) résumé/application/application form/covering letter
寄／通过电邮发送简历／申请／申请表／附函 - be called for/have/attend an interview
被要求参加／有／参加面试 - offer somebody a job/work/employment/promotion
给某人提供一份工作；雇用某人；提拔某人 - find/get/land a job
找到工作 - employ/ (especially North American English) hire/recruit/ (especially British English) take on staff/workers/trainees
雇用员工／工人／实习生 - recruit/appoint a manager
招聘／任命经理
Doing a job 做工作 - arrive at/get to/leave work/the office/the factory
上／下班；到办公室／工厂上班；从办公室／工厂下班 - start/finish work/your shift
开始／结束工作／轮班工作时间 - do/put in/work overtime
加班 - have/gain/get/lack/need experience/qualifications
拥有／获得／缺乏／需要经验／资格 - do/get/have/receive training
做／得到／接受培训 - learn/pick up/improve/develop (your) skills
学习／偶然学会／提高／发展技能 - cope with/manage/share/spread the workload
应付／勉力完成／分担／分摊工作量 - improve your/achieve a better work-life balance
达到更好的工作与生活的平衡 - have (no) job satisfaction/job security
有／没有工作满足感／职业保障
Building a career 建立职业生涯 - have a job/work/a career/a vocation
有工作／事业／职业 - find/follow/pursue/ (especially North American English) live (out) your vocation
找到／从事／致力于／实践适合自己的职业 - enter/go into/join a profession
加入一个行业 - choose/embark on/start/begin/pursue a career
选择／从事／开始／致力于一种职业 - change jobs/profession/career
换工作／行业／职业 - be/ (both especially British English) work/go freelance
做自由职业 - do/take on temp work/freelance work
做／开始从事临时工作／特约工作 - do/be engaged in/be involved in voluntary work
做／从事／参与义务性工作
Leaving your job 离职 - leave/ (especially North American English) quit/resign from your job
离职；辞职 - give up work/your job/your career
放弃工作／事业 - hand in your notice/resignation
递交辞呈 - plan to/be due to retire in June/next year, etc.
计划／预计六月／明年等退休 - take early retirement
提前退休
Extra ExamplesTopics Working lifec1His resignation announcement was widely expected. 大家都预见到他会宣布辞职。 Illness forced his resignation from the squad. 他生了病，被迫辞去队中的职务。 My resignation is effective from May 1. 我的辞职于 5 月 1 日开始生效。 The accusation prompted the resignation of the cabinet minister. 这一指控导致了内阁大臣的辞职。 The protesters called for his immediate resignation. 抗议者要求他马上辞职。 The protesters called for the immediate resignation of the minister. 抗议者要求部长马上辞职。 her resignation as party leader 她辞去党的领导职务
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- immediate
- shock
- sudden
- …
- hand in
- submit
- tender
- …
- be effective
- become effective
- letter
- announcement
- speech
- …
- resignation as
- resignation from
- a call for somebody’s resignation
- a letter of resignation
- resignation on (the) grounds of something
- …
- [countable]
a letter, for example to your employers, to say that you are giving up your job or position 辞职信；辞呈 to offer/hand in/tender your resignation 呈递／上交／提交辞职信 We haven't received his resignation yet. 我们还没有收到他的辞呈。
Extra ExamplesTopics Working lifec1She handed in her resignation following the dispute over company policy. 就公司政策问题发生争端后，她递交了辞呈。 She has refused to accept the resignation of her deputy. 她拒绝接受副手的辞呈。 She tendered her resignation on grounds of ill health. 她因健康欠佳提出了辞呈。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- immediate
- shock
- sudden
- …
- hand in
- submit
- tender
- …
- be effective
- become effective
- letter
- announcement
- speech
- …
- resignation as
- resignation from
- a call for somebody’s resignation
- a letter of resignation
- resignation on (the) grounds of something
- …
- [uncountable]
the quality of being willing to accept a difficult or unpleasant situation that you cannot change 顺从；听任 Extra ExamplesHe shrugged his shoulders with a look of resignation. 他带着无可奈何的表情耸了耸肩。 She spoke with resignation. 她无可奈何地讲了话。 Hearing that the train was running late, he sighed in weary resignation. 听说火车晚点，他无可奈何地叹了口气。 resignation to fate 听天由命
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- weary
- quiet
- in resignation
- with resignation
- resignation to
- …
- a look of resignation
- a sigh of resignation
Word Originlate Middle English: via Old French from medieval Latin resignatio(n-), from resignare ‘unseal, cancel’, from re- ‘back’ + signare ‘sign, seal’.