resigned

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++re·signed /rɪˈzaɪnd/ adjective 1 be resigned to (doing) something ACCEPTto calmly accept a situation that is bad, but cannot be changed 安于（做）某事 She’s resigned to spending Christmas on her own. 她只得一个人过圣诞节。 Sam was resigned to the fact that he would never be promoted. 萨姆只有无奈地接受永远也升不了职的事实。2 ACCEPTa resigned look, voice etc shows that you are making yourself accept something that you do not like 屈从的，顺从的 ‘We’ll have to leave, ’ she said with a resigned sigh. “我们不得不走啊。”她无奈地叹息道。 —resignedly /rɪˈzaɪnɪdli/ adverb

Examples from the Corpus

resigned• Their replies also revealed resigned attitudes - washing of the hands for whatever brutalities were taking place.• Tourists navigated with resigned expressions: this was Holiday and at least you could understand the lingo.• "Oh well, " she said with a resigned look in her eyes.• It was just lying on its poor back with its legs stuck up and a dreadfully resigned look on its dear face!• There didn't look much wrong with the hedgehog but it had a sad, resigned sort of a face.• You can become resigned to the monotony of captivity and give up the struggle to maintain your own interests and identity.• It is too easy to become resigned to what we feel to be inevitable.

re·signed adjectiveChineseSyllable

accept bad, calmly to a but is that cannot Corpus be situation

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resigned
re‧signed /rɪˈzaɪnd/

adjective
1. be resigned to (doing) something to calmly accept a situation that is bad, but cannot be changed:

She’s resigned to spending Christmas on her own.

Sam was resigned to the fact that he would never be promoted.
2. a resigned look, voice etc shows that you are making yourself accept something that you do not like:

‘We’ll have to leave,’ she said with a resigned sigh.
—resignedly /rɪˈzaɪnədli, rɪˈzaɪnɪdli/ adverb

re·signed

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/rɪˈzaɪnd/

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NAmE

/rɪˈzaɪnd/

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adjective