resign

US: /ɹiˈsaɪn/, /ɹiˈzaɪn/, /ɹɪˈzaɪn/


English Vietnamese dictionary


resign /'ri:'sain/
  • động từ
    • ký tên lại[ri'zain]
    • động từ
      • từ chức, xin thôi
      • trao, nhường
        • to resign the property to the right claimant: trao lại tài sản cho người được hưởng chính đáng
      • bỏ, từ bỏ
        • to resign all hope: từ bỏ mọi hy vọng
      • to resign oneself to
        • cam chịu, đành phận, phó mặc
      • to resign oneself to one's fate: cam chịu số phận
      • to resign oneself someone's guidance: tự để cho ai dìu dắt mình
      • to resign oneself to meditation: trầm tư mặc tưởng

    Advanced English dictionary


    + verb
    ~ (from sth)
    ~ (as sth) to officially tell sb that you are leaving your job, an organization, etc: [V] He resigned as manager after eight years. + Two members resigned from the board in protest. + [VN] My father resigned his directorship last year.
    Phrasal Verbs: resign yourself to sth to accept sth unpleasant that cannot be changed or avoided: She resigned herself to her fate. + [+ -ing] We had to resign ourselves to making a loss on the sale.

    Thesaurus dictionary


    v.
    1 quit, leave, go, abdicate, give notice; retire (from), abandon, give up, forsake, hand over, yield up, renounce, relinquish, let go, release, vacate, surrender, deliver up, turn over:
    Amanda resigned because she was offered a better job elsewhere. Anthony refused to resign the last of his responsibilities till he was ninety
    2 resign (oneself) (to). reconcile (oneself) (to), be or become resigned or reconciled (to), accommodate (oneself) (to), adjust (oneself) (to), adapt (oneself) (to), acclimatize or acclimate (oneself) (to), submit (oneself) (to):
    Knowing that no one had ever escaped from the prison, he resigned himself to his fate.

    Collocation dictionary


    ADV.

    formally

    VERB + RESIGN

    be forced to, be obliged to, have to
    He was forced to resign due to ill health.
    | intend to | offer to, threaten to
    The minister offered to resign after his affair became public. Two MPs threatened to resign if the government did not agree to examine this case.
    | decide to | refuse to | call on sb to
    They called on her to resign as chief executive.

    PREP.

    as
    He resigned as chairman.
    | from
    She formally resigned from the government.
    | over
    Three members of the committee resigned over the issue.


    Concise English dictionary


    resigns|resigned|resigningrɪ'zaɪn
    verb
    +leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily
    +give up or retire from a position
    +part with a possession or right
    +accept as inevitable