resign
verb [intransitive, transitive]Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they resign | |
| he / she / it resigns | |
| past simple resigned | |
| past participle resigned | |
| -ing form resigning |
to officially tell somebody that you are leaving your job, an organization, etc. 辞职；辞去（某职务） She was forced to resign due to ill health. 由于健康不佳，她被迫辞职。 - resign as something
He resigned as manager after eight years. 八年后，他辞去了经理的职务。 - resign from something
Two members resigned from the board in protest. 董事会的两名成员辞职以示抗议。 - resign over something
Some judges have threatened to resign over this issue. 一些裁判威胁要为此事辞职。 - resign something
My father resigned his directorship last year. 我父亲去年辞去了董事的职务。
Extra ExamplesTopics Working lifeb2He resigned as chairman. 他辞去了主席一职。 She formally resigned from the government. 她正式辞去了政府职务。 The minister offered to resign after his affair became public. 风流韵事曝光后，部长提出了辞职。 They called on her to resign as chief executive. 他们要求她辞去首席执行官的职务。 Three members of the committee resigned over the issue. 该委员会 3 名成员因此事辞职。 Two MPs threatened to resign if the government did not agree to examine this case. 两个议员以辞职来胁迫政府同意调查该案件。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- formally
- abruptly
- immediately
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- be forced to
- be obliged to
- have to
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- as
- from
- over
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Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French resigner, from Latin resignare ‘unseal, cancel’, from re- ‘back’ + signare ‘sign, seal’.