resign
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++re·sign /rɪˈzaɪn/ ●●○ W3 verb [intransitive, transitive] 1 BELEAVE A JOB OR ORGANIZATIONto officially announce that you have decided to leave your job or an organization 辞职；放弃〔工作或职位〕 → quitresign from She resigned from the government last week. 上星期她辞去了政府部门的工作。resign as He resigned as governor of Punjab in August. 他在8月份辞去了旁遮普邦总督的职务。resign your post/seat/position etc Tom has since resigned his membership of the golf club. 汤姆从那以后就退出了高尔夫球俱乐部。2 resign yourself to (doing) something ACCEPTto make yourself accept something that is bad but cannot be changed 使自己顺从于（做）某事；安于〔无法改变的不愉快状况〕 → resigned Josh resigned himself to the long walk home. 乔希只好走很长的路回家。 At sixteen, I resigned myself to the fact that I’d never be a dancer. 16岁的时候，我不得不接受这个事实——我永远也成不了舞蹈演员。n COLLOCATIONSnounsresign your post/position/officeHe later resigned his post as Minister of Energy.resign your seat (=announce that you will no longer be a member of a parliament, be on a committee etc)A majority of voters think he should resign his seat in Congress.resign the presidencyRichard Nixon resigned the presidency in 1974.resign your chairmanshipMr Hunt announced that he has resigned his chairmanship of the committee.resign your membershipHe recently resigned his membership of the National Rifle Association.→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
resign• The following years, he resigned as chairman of the committee.• Nixon was the first US President to resign before the end of his term of office.• I wanted to resign, but my boss persuaded me to stay.• She resigned from the board after profits fell by a further 3%.• Roberts replaces Jacob Winters, who resigned from the firm last month.• He resigned from the party on 25 September 1939.• Mr Cox also resigned his position on the board.• The manager was forced to resign his post after allegations of corruption.• He will resign if he is forced to accept an unrealistic budget he can not commit to.• In a statement issued on March 19 Hekmatyar called on Najibullah to resign immediately.• Former science minister Binyamin Begin, who resigned the post this week because of the Hebron pullout, explicitly made that argument.• Oedipus of course resigned the throne.resign your post/seat/position etc• Most of the leading professors at St Petersburg University resigned their posts.• On May 22, as the group was reaching agreement, he quietly resigned his position.• Whatever the police said or did, decided Meryl, she was going to resign her post at the District.• He intended to resign his seat if he won the election.• From the wait-and-negotiate camp, Secretary of State Vance resigned his post in protest.• Bourne resigned his post over a controversy involving a prescription he wrote for a member of his staff.From Longman Business Dictionaryresignre‧sign /rɪˈzaɪn/ verb [intransitive, transitive]JOB to officially leave a job, position etc through your own choice, rather than being told to leaveThe vice-president resigned hispost last week.resign asOne director recently resigned as trustee of the fund.resign fromHe has resigned from the board for personal reasons.→ See Verb tableOrigin resign (1300-1400) Old French resigner, from Latin resignare “to unseal, cancel, give back”, from signare; → SIGN2re·sign verb →n COLLOCATIONS1LDOCE OnlineChineseSyllable
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resign
re‧sign W3 /rɪˈzaɪn/
verb [intransitive and transitive]
resign from
She resigned from the government last week.
resign as
He resigned as Governor of Punjab in August.
resign your post/seat/position etc
Tom has since resigned his membership of the golf club.
2. resign yourself to (doing) something to make yourself accept something that is bad but cannot be changed ⇨ resigned:
Josh resigned himself to the long walk home.
At sixteen, I resigned myself to the fact that I’d never be a dancer.
■ nouns
▪resign your post/position/office He later resigned his post as Minister of Energy.
▪resign your seat (=announce that you will no longer be a member of a parliament, be on a committee etc) A majority of voters think he should resign his seat in Congress.
▪resign the presidency Richard Nixon resigned the presidency in 1974.
▪resign your chairmanship Mr Hunt announced that he has resigned his chairmanship of the committee.
▪resign your membership He recently resigned his membership of the National Rifle Association.
■ leave your job
▪leave : I left my last job because the salary was so low. | Why don’t you just leave?
▪quit to leave your job permanently because you are not happy with it: After enduring months of harassment, Mrs Collins decided to quit her job. | I’ve told them I’m quitting.
▪resign to officially announce that you have decided to leave your job: The company director was forced to resign over the scandal.
▪hand in your notice/resignation to write an official letter to your employer saying that you are going to leave your job on a particular date: You have to hand in your notice at least four weeks before you leave.
▪retire to leave your job in order to stop working permanently, usually because you have reached the age when most people stop working: After forty years of working for the bank, Karl retired in May. | He had to retire because of ill health.
re‧sign W3 /rɪˈzaɪn/
verb [intransitive and transitive] Date: 1300-1400
Language: Old French
Origin: resigner, from Latin resignare 'to unseal, cancel, give back', from signare; ⇨ sign2
1. to officially announce that you have decided to leave your job or an organization ⇨ quitLanguage: Old French
Origin: resigner, from Latin resignare 'to unseal, cancel, give back', from signare; ⇨ sign2
resign from
resign as
resign your post/seat/position etc
2. resign yourself to (doing) something to make yourself accept something that is bad but cannot be changed ⇨ resigned:
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