renounce

Word family adjectiverenounceablenounrenouncementrenouncerverbrenounce

re·nounce /rɪˈnaʊns/ verb [transitiveT]

1 STOP DOING somethingif you renounce an official position, title, right etc, you publicly say that you will not keep it anymore 宣布放弃〔职位、头衔、权利等〕 SYN give up

Edward renounced his claim to the French throne.

爱德华宣布放弃对法国王位的继承权。

She renounced her citizenship.

她宣布放弃国籍。

2 BELIEVEto publicly say or show that you no longer believe in something, or will no longer behave in a particular way 宣布与…断绝关系；宣布摒弃 SYN reject, → renunciation

These groups must renounce violence if there is to be progress towards peace.

若要迈向和平，这些组织就必须放弃使用暴力。

Young people renounced capitalism in favour of peace and love.

年轻人提倡和平和友爱，摒弃资本主义。

Examples from the Corpus

renounce• We absolutely renounce all forms of terrorism.• I admire the way he has virtually renounced ancestral claims to deification.• Bernard and Ellen went to visit Belinda, who had renounced her separatist tendencies sufficiently to marry a graphics designer.• Rudolph voluntarily renounced his U.S. citizenship.• With admirable diligence it worked away, renouncing its authority over one territory after another.• I reminded him of my advice that he should not have renounced the Upper House so speedily.• Edward reportedly surrendered and abdicated, whereupon the estates renounced their homage to him and then returned to inform parliament.• It demands insight into the necessity of growing old, and the courage to renounce what is no longer compatible with it.

Origin renounce

(1300-1400) Old French renoncer, from Latin renuntiare, from nuntiare “to report”

词汇	renounce
释义	renounce Word family adjectiverenounceablenounrenouncementrenouncerverbrenounce re·nounce /rɪˈnaʊns/ verb [transitiveT] 1 STOP DOING somethingif you renounce an official position, title, right etc, you publicly say that you will not keep it anymore 宣布放弃〔职位、头衔、权利等〕 SYN give up Edward renounced his claim to the French throne. 爱德华宣布放弃对法国王位的继承权。 She renounced her citizenship. 她宣布放弃国籍。 2 BELIEVEto publicly say or show that you no longer believe in something, or will no longer behave in a particular way 宣布与…断绝关系；宣布摒弃 SYN reject, → renunciation These groups must renounce violence if there is to be progress towards peace. 若要迈向和平，这些组织就必须放弃使用暴力。 Young people renounced capitalism in favour of peace and love. 年轻人提倡和平和友爱，摒弃资本主义。 Examples from the Corpus renounce• We absolutely renounce all forms of terrorism.• I admire the way he has virtually renounced ancestral claims to deification.• Bernard and Ellen went to visit Belinda, who had renounced her separatist tendencies sufficiently to marry a graphics designer.• Rudolph voluntarily renounced his U.S. citizenship.• With admirable diligence it worked away, renouncing its authority over one territory after another.• I reminded him of my advice that he should not have renounced the Upper House so speedily.• Edward reportedly surrendered and abdicated, whereupon the estates renounced their homage to him and then returned to inform parliament.• It demands insight into the necessity of growing old, and the courage to renounce what is no longer compatible with it. Origin renounce (1300-1400) Old French renoncer, from Latin renuntiare, from nuntiare “to report”
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