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。
• While China may be ceding ground to Mexico in auto manufacturing for now, the race is far from over.
  尽管眼下中国可能正在汽车制造业向墨西哥割让领地，但这场角逐还远没有结束。
• 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。
• 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。
• On the one hand, it wants them to succeed, but not at the expense of ceding influence in North Korea to the US.
  一方面，中国希望六方会谈能够成功，但又不愿将其对朝鲜的影响力拱手让给美国。
• 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。
• By ceding 6% of their company, startups get an investor, credibility in the startup community, and communion with other founders who are going through the same masochistic slog as they are.
  通过出让公司6%的股份，初创公司获得了一位投资人，在初创公司群体中较高的可信度以及与其他艰难前行的创业者交流的机会。
• LEGO said that it was leaving its Legoland theme parks business to concentrate on construction toys, ceding its theme parks to investors intending to create a giant family entertainment group.
  乐高公司表示，该公司将放手乐高主题乐园事业，以便专心制造玩具，乐高主题乐园将让渡给有意创造一个庞大家庭娱乐集团的投资人。
• A ceding or surrendering, as of territory to another country by treaty.
  这些岛屿被旧有的主人割让给这个大陆国家。