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resigned
(
a
.)認命的,服從的,聽任的,已放棄的
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Re·sign
v. t.
[
imp. &
p
. p.
Resigned
p.
pr
. &
vb
. n.
Resigning
.]
1.
To
sign
back
;
to
return
by
a
formal
act
;
to
yield
to
another
;
to
surrender
; --
said
especially
of
office
or
emolument
.
Hence
,
to
give
up
;
to
yield
;
to
submit
; --
said
of
the
wishes
or
will
,
or
of
something
valued
; --
also
often
used
reflexively
.
I
here
resign
my
government
to
thee
.
--
Shak
.
Lament
not
,
Eve
,
but
patiently
resign
What
justly
thou
hast
lost
. --
Milton
.
What
more
reasonable
,
than
that
we
should
in
all
things
resign
up
ourselves
to
the
will
of
God?
--
Tiilotson
.
2.
To
relinquish
;
to
abandon
.
He
soon
resigned
his
former
suit
.
--
Spenser
.
3.
To
commit
to
the
care
of
;
to
consign
. [
Obs
.]
Gentlement
of
quality
have
been
sent
beyong
the
seas
,
resigned
and
concredited
to
the
conduct
of
such
as
they
call
governors
.
--
Evelyn
.
Syn:
--
To
abdicate
;
surrender
;
submit
;
leave
;
relinquish
;
forego
;
quit
;
forsake
;
abandon
;
renounce
.
Usage:
--
Resign
,
Relinquish
.
To
resign
is
to
give
up
,
as
if
breaking
a
seal
and
yielding
all
it
had
secured
;
hence
,
it
marks
a
formal
and
deliberate
surrender
.
To
relinquish
is
less
formal
,
but
always
implies
abandonment
and
that
the
thing
given
up
has
been
long
an
object
of
pursuit
,
and
,
usually
,
that
it
has
been
prized
and
desired
.
We
resign
what
we
once
held
or
considered
as
our
own
,
as
an
office
,
employment
,
etc
.
We
speak
of
relinquishing
a
claim
,
of
relinquishing
some
advantage
we
had
sought
or
enjoyed
,
of
relinquishing
seme
right
,
privilege
,
etc
.
“Men
are
weary
with
the
toil
which
they
bear
,
but
can
not
find
it
in
their
hearts
to
relinquish
it.”
--
Steele
.
See
Abdicate
.
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From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Re·signed
a.
Submissive
;
yielding
;
not
disposed
to
resist
or
murmur
.
A
firm
,
yet
cautious
mind
;
Sincere
,
though
prudent
;
constant
,
yet
resigned
. --
Pope
.
◄
►
From:
WordNet (r) 2.0
resigned
adj
1: (
followed
by
`
to
')
having
come
to
accept
; "
resigned
to
his
fate
" [
syn
:
resigned(p)
]
2:
showing
utter
resignation
or
hopelessness
; "
abject
surrender
" [
syn
:
abject
,
unhopeful
]
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