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小词详解 | cede
cede 英 [siːd] 美 [siːd]
So, by design, the machine switched itself off and ceded control to the pilots.
因此,自动驾驶仪按照设计自动关闭,将飞机控制权交给驾驶员。
——《经济学人》Military commanders may cede some space to diplomats.
军事指挥官们可能会让出一些空间给外交官们。
——《纽约时报》
[动词] 放弃(权力或领土)
鸦片战争后香港被割让给了英国。
Hong Kong was ceded to Britain after the Opium War.
他把房子让给了他那爱张扬的兄弟。
He ceded possession of the house to his flamboyant brother.
He had been one of the winners in the land lottery conducted by the State to divide up the vast area in middle Georgia, ceded by the Indians the year before Gerald came to America.
他是州政府为瓜分佐治亚州中部大片土地而进行的土地抽彩中的赢家之一,这些土地是杰拉尔德来到美洲的前一年由印第安人割让而来。
relinquish: voluntarily cease to keep or claim; give up surrender: give up or hand over (a person, right, or possession), typically on compulsion or demand concede: surrender or yield (something that one possesses)