“resign”主要有“辞职;放弃;顺从;听任”等意思,常见用法包括作及物动词和不及物动词,常与一些介词搭配使用来表达特定含义。
辞职:这是“resign”最常见的含义,指主动离开所担任的职位或工作。例如:He decided to resign from his job due to personal reasons.(由于个人原因,他决定辞职。)
放弃:可以表示放弃某种权利、职位、主张等。例如:The king had to resign his throne.(国王不得不放弃王位。)
顺从;听任:带有一种无奈接受或屈服于某种情况、命运的含义。例如:She resigned herself to the fact that she would never see him again.(她无奈地接受了自己再也见不到他的事实。)
作及物动词
当“resign”作及物动词时,后面直接接宾语,常见的宾语有职位、工作、权利等。例如:The general manager resigned his position.(总经理辞去了他的职位。)
还可以构成“resign sth. to sb.”结构,表示“把……让给某人;把……移交给某人”。例如:He resigned his claim to the property to his brother.(他把自己对这处房产的要求权让给了他的兄弟。)
作不及物动词
当“resign”作不及物动词时,常与一些介词搭配使用。
“resign from...”表示“从……辞职;放弃……”。例如:He resigned from the board of directors.(他从董事会辞职了。)
“resign to...”表示“顺从于;听任于”。例如:We must resign ourselves to the inevitable.(我们必须听任不可避免的事情发生。)