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secession

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++se·ces·sion /sɪˈseʃən/ noun [countable, uncountable]  when a country or state officially stops being part of another country and becomes independent 退出,脱离 OPP accession a vote in favor of secession 赞成独立的一票secession from Croatia’s secession from Yugoslavia 克罗地亚脱离南斯拉夫
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secessionIt was the lack of democracy and equality which impelled the oppressed to fight for secession.Other officials expressed concern that the proposed mechanism might actually prove to make secession impossible in practice.This time he can not just send in the army to take out Podgorica, because there is no secession under way.The daily papers teemed with the dreary records of secession...The representatives of national groups increasingly demanded the right of autonomy, of self-government, if not outright secession.More recently, the threat of Quebec's secession confronted the country with the very real possibility of political breakup.In the south the enforcement of a no-fly zone by western aircraft has raised the possibility of a Shia secession.But some staff members have at one point expressed sympathy for a Valley secession.
se·ces·sion nounChineseSyllable
or stops Corpus state country a when part being officially


secession
secession /sɪˈseʃən/ noun [uncountable and countable]
when a country or state officially stops being part of another country and becomes independent
   OPP  accession:
    a vote in favor of secession
    secession from
    Croatia’s secession from Yugoslavia


se·ces·sionBrE /sɪˈseʃn/ 🔊NAmE /sɪˈseʃn/ 🔊 noun [uncountable, countable] ~ (from sth) the fact of an area or group becoming independent from the country or larger group that it belongs to (地区或集团从所属的国家或上级集团的)退出,脱离