ceding

英 [ˈsiːdɪŋ]

美 [ˈsiːdɪŋ]

v.  割让; 让给; 转让
cede的现在分词

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

noun

• the act of ceding
  Synonym:cession

双语例句

• It's ceding precious ground, says Mike Dunne, a car analyst who focuses on Asian markets.
  聚焦亚洲市场的汽车业分析师迈克邓恩（MikeDunne）表示：它在放弃宝贵的地盘。
• He was ceding line but more slowly all the time.
  他正在放出钓索，然而越来越慢了。
• In the ensuing year, as a result of defeat the Qing government was forced to sign the Treaty of Shimonoseki, ceding Taiwan to Japan.
  翌年，清政府战败，在日本威迫下签订了《马关条约》，割让台湾。
• There is no avoiding war, one merely postpones it, and in most cases to his own disadvantage, in ceding this part and that bit to exchange for another party's tolerance or support.
  战争是无可避免的，通过割让这个那个来交换另一方的容忍或支持，一方只是在拖延战争，而大多数情况下是朝对己方不利的方向。
• Meanwhile, banks worry about ceding profitable trades or loans to rivals in the so-called shadow banking sector that have fewer regulatory constraints.
  与此同时，银行担心将有利可图的交易或贷款拱手让给所谓的影子银行业竞争对手，后者所受的监管限制较少。
• On Wednesday, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton accused the Pakistani government of ceding more and more territory to the Taliban.
  星期三，美国国务卿希拉里.克林顿指责巴基斯坦政府把越来越多的领土割让给塔利班。
• America is unilaterally ceding its global leadership in education, science and infrastructure.
  美国正在单方面失去在教育、科技和基础设施方面的全球领先地位。
• The old powers have been swept aside and it will be many decades before China comes close to ceding its position as the biggest spender on construction, whether on residential, commercial or infrastructure projects, Mr Robinson added.
  昔日的列强已被排挤到一边，要再过好几十年，中国才有可能失去建筑业最大支出者的地位，无论是就住宅、商业，还是就基础设施项目而言，罗宾逊表示。
• UNDER intense international pressure to lift banking secrecy, the first and biggest of the world's "tax havens" places that charge low or no taxes to foreigners is ceding some ground.
  面对提高银行保密的国际重压之下，世界上第一个也是最大一个“避税天堂”被迫妥协，“避税天堂”是指对外国人征收较低的税或者不征税的地区。
• But more fundamentally, its supporters cannot stand ceding power to people they regard as ignorant peasants, fit to clean their apartments and drive their taxis, but not to help shape their political landscape.
  但更根本的原因，是其支持者无法忍受将权力拱手让给他们眼中无知的乡下人&他们认为这些人只配给他们做保洁工作，为他们开出租车，却不配帮助塑造他们的政治前景。