cede

英 [siːd]

美 [siːd]

v.  割让; 让给; 转让

过去分词：ceded　过去式：ceded　现在分词：ceding　第三人称单数：cedes　

GRETEM8法律

Collins.1 / BNC.15941 / COCA.12221

牛津词典

verb

• 割让；让给；转让
  to give sb control of sth or give them power, a right, etc., especially unwillingly
  1. Cuba was ceded by Spain to the US in 1898.
     古巴在1898年被西班牙割让给美国。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 割让(领土);放弃(权力)
  If someone in a position of authoritycedesland or powertosomeone else, they let them have the land or power, often as a result of military or political pressure.
  1. Only a short campaign took place in Puerto Rico, but after the war Spain ceded the island to America...
     在波多黎各的战事很短暂;但是战争结束后，西班牙将该岛屿割让给了美国。
  2. The General had promised to cede power by January.
     将军允诺于一月份之前交出兵权。

英英释义

verb

• relinquish possession or control over
  1. The squatters had to surrender the building after the police moved in
  Synonym:surrenderdelivergive up
• give over
  Synonym:concedeyieldgrant

双语例句

• To avoid this result, man must cede his natural right of self-defence, and much else, to a sovereign authority with very broad powers, preferably an absolute monarch.
  为避免这一后果，人们必须放弃自卫权等诸多权利，将其转移给更强大某一主权国家，最好是一个君主专制国。
• Business owners generally have no desire to cede control and often are in no immediate need for cash.
  企业所有者通常无意放弃控制权，常常也不急需现金。
• Yet other schools might work better if their heads had the guts to cede more power.
  不过，如果其他学校的头头们有胆量进一步放权的话，他们可能会做得更好。
• A major source of frustration for foreign groups is that Chinese regulations prevent them from owning more than a minority stake in their asset management joint ventures, so they must cede control to their local partner.
  让外国集团感到失望的一个主要因素是，根据中国法规，外资在资产管理合资公司中只能拥有少数股权，因此它们必须把控制权交给本地合作方。
• America would never cede control of the world order, and in any case China would never seek to exert hegemony.
  美国从不会放弃控制世界秩序，并在任何情况下，中国绝不会设法施加霸权。
• Cede territory to a neighbouring state.
  把领土割让给邻国。
• Data for the last two months of the year are unlikely to cause China to cede that hard-won crown.
  2009年最后两个月的数据，不太可能使中国失去来之不易的最大出口国头衔。
• Since early this decade, central banks have had to cede control of long-term interest rates to global market forces.
  自21世纪初以来，各国中央银行不得不放弃对长期利率的控制，将其交给全球市场力量。
• G20 officials said no country would cede sovereignty on core economic decisions, so there would be no agreement to fine or punish countries that built up the sort of large trade surpluses or deficits that contributed to global trade imbalances.
  G20官员表示，没有一个国家会在核心经济决策上放弃主权，所以，对积累起巨额贸易盈余或赤字、导致全球贸易失衡的国家进行处罚或惩罚，不会有一致意见。
• They inadvertently allow themselves to be seen as the new imperialists and cede market leadership to more flexible competitors.
  一不小心它们就成了新的帝国主义者，市场领导地位也让给了更灵活的竞争对手。