【cede】 - SAT备考词汇

cede

UK:  [siːd]

US:  [sid]

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

v.

1.让与,割让,放弃(权利、领土等)

2.让出;割让

3.割让;让(权利、土地等)给(另一国家等):

1 . No member is prepared to cede its national sovereignty, even on an issue as patently transnational as the Mekong.
没有任何一个成员准备让渡它的国家主权，甚至在湄公河这样明显的跨国事务也是如此。

2 . Analysts are eyeing France for signals on how much decision-making power countries are prepared to cede, starting with bank supervision.
分析师正从法国寻找蛛丝马迹，以了解欧洲国家准备把多少决策权让渡出去，银行业监管权就是他们最先注意的事项。

3 . The Chinese state-owned firms did not need capital so badly that they were prepared to cede control to foreigners.
中国国有企业并没有到为获得外来资本就将公司的控制权割让给外国公司的地步。

4 . After shooting a 65, he took a quick lead ahead of his South Korean and Australian rivals, only to cede his position on day two.
打出65杆过后，他反超韩国和澳大利亚的对手，但在第二天将榜首位置拱手让出。

5 . They want to know, she said, if the United States will cede its global leadership role by restricting engagement with the United Nations.
他们想要知道，美国是否会通过约束在联合国的投入而让出自己的全球领导角色。