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

• Germany would even be prepared to cede some national sovereignty in return for closer economic and political ties, she says.
  默克尔表示，德国甚至准备放弃部分国家主权来换取更紧密的经济和政治联系。
• In return, Congo would cede majority rights in a joint venture to develop copper and cobalt concessions.
  作为交换，刚果将把一个合资项目的多数股权让与中国，以开发铜矿和钴矿。
• Mr Kerry will be seeking political cover from allies in the Gulf for possible US military action against Sunni militants in northern Iraq, while also trying to convince them that Washington does not plan to cede more ground in Iraq to Iran.
  对于美国可能对伊拉克北部逊尼派武装分子采取军事行动，克里将从海湾盟国那里寻求政治掩护，同时他还将试图让他们相信，美国不计划在伊拉克问题上向伊朗作出更多让步。
• 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。
• The author does not cede the floor, observing her characters almost as insects under a glass cover.
  作者并没有脱离地面，她往往像玻璃盖下的昆虫一样观察她的人物。
• An optimist, Mundy believes that many men will cede control as breadwinners.
  作为一名乐观主义者，芒迪认为，很多男性将卸下养家糊口的重任。
• Historically this has been strongly supported in Britain, as seen in our reluctance to cede power to the courts or the European Union.
  在历史上，这条原则得到了英国的坚决拥护，我们不愿把权力交给法院或欧盟，就体现了这一点。
• 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。
• Cede territory to a neighbouring state.
  把领土割让给邻国。
• Brazil rejected a request from Argentina to cede some of its contracted shipments of natural gas from Bolivia.
  巴西否决了阿根廷的一项要求：转让玻利维亚天然气的部分合同发货。