resignation
US: /ˌɹɛzəɡˈneɪʃən/, /ˌɹɛzɪɡˈneɪʃən/
UK: /ɹɪzɪɡnˈeɪʃən/
UK: /ɹɪzɪɡnˈeɪʃən/
English Vietnamese dictionary
resignation /,rezig'neiʃn/
- danh từ
- sự từ chức; đơn xin từ chức
- to send in (tender, give) one's resignation: đưa đơn xin từ chức
- sự từ bỏ, sự trao, sự nhường (quyền lợi, hy vọng...)
- sự cam chịu; sự nhẫn nhục
- to accept one's fate with resignation: cam chịu số phận
- sự từ chức; đơn xin từ chức
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun
1 [U, C] the act of giving up your job or position; the occasion when you do this: a letter of resignation + There were calls for her resignation from the board of directors. + Further resignations are expected. + The defeat led to his resignation as team manager.
2 [C] a letter, for example to your employers, to say that you are giving up your job or position: to offer / hand in / tender your resignation + We haven't received his resignation yet.
3 [U] patient willingness to accept a difficult or unpleasant situation that you cannot change: They accepted their defeat with resignation.
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 notice; abandonment, abdication, resigning, renunciation, forgoing, relinquishment:
After the incident in the boardroom, Kim was asked for her resignation. Stuart's resignation of his responsibilities led to a severe reprimand
2 reconciliation, reconcilement, adjustment, adaptation, acclimatization or acclimation, submission, acceptance, compliance, capitulation, abandonment, acquiescence, passivity:
His resignation to his fate won admiration from those around him.
Collocation dictionary
1 giving up your job; letter of resignation
ADJ.
immediate | shock, sudden, surprise, unexpected | forced | mass
VERB + RESIGNATION
hand in, submit, tender
She handed in her resignation following the dispute over company policy.
| announce | withdraw | offer (sb), proffer | threaten | prompt, provoke, lead to
The accusation prompted the resignation of the cabinet minister.
| force
Illness forced his resignation from the squad.
| call for, demand
The protesters called for the immediate resignation of the minister.
| accept
She has refused to accept the resignation of her deputy.
| reject
RESIGNATION + VERB
be/become effective
My resignation is effective from May 1.
RESIGNATION + NOUN
letter | announcement
His resignation announcement was widely expected.
| speech, statement
PREP.
~ as
her resignation as party leader
| ~ from
A scandal led to his resignation from office.
PHRASES
a call for sb's resignation, resignation on (the) grounds of sth
She tendered her resignation on grounds of ill health.
| a letter of resignation
2 willingness to accept a difficult situation
ADJ.
weary
PREP.
in ~
Hearing that the train was running late, he sighed in weary resignation.
| with ~
She spoke with resignation.
| ~ to
resignation to fate
PHRASES
a look/sigh of resignation
Concise English dictionary
resignations‚rezɪg'neɪʃn
noun
+acceptance of despair
+the act of giving up (a claim or office or possession etc.)
+a formal document giving notice of your intention to resign
