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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• But sanctions that penalise members of the former junta and their cronies should stay, until there is more evidence that the military men really are ready to cede power.
  但是对前军政府成员及其密友的制裁应该保留，直到有更多的证据表明军人们真正准备放弃权力。
• 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。
• Cede territory to a neighbouring state.
  把领土割让给邻国。
• This is why most technology founders cede control to experienced executives, usually under pressure from their venture capital investors, when the business matures.
  这就是为什么多数科技公司创始人在企业发展成熟时，就会让位给有经验的管理者，通常是迫于风险资本投资者的压力。
• 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。
• 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。