resignation學測 L4KK [ˌrɛzəˈgneʃən]/ˌrɛzəˈgneɪʃən/
辭職;辭去·辭呈;辭職書·認命;無奈順從
身兼辭職與認命兩種意思的高頻字
Her resignation shocked the office, yet she accepted her fate with the same quiet resignation.

她的辭職讓辦公室震驚,但她也以同樣平靜的認命接受了這一切。

resignation 同時是「辭職」與「認命」,同一句話重複兩次意義卻完全不同。

一個畫面:鬆手放開

放開職位主動鬆手,離開原本抓住的職位
簽字放手在辭呈上簽名,正式放開這個位置
鬆開掙扎放下抵抗,鬆一口氣接受現實

義項

轉身離職C1noun辭職;辭去
After ten years at the company, she handed in her resignation and started a new life.
在公司工作十年後,她遞出辭呈,展開新生活。
submit a resignationannounce a resignation
簽字辭呈C1noun辭呈;辭職書
He typed his resignation and placed it on his boss's desk.
他打好辭呈,放在老闆的桌上。
a letter of resignationaccept a resignation
攤手認命C1noun認命;無奈順從
She looked at the rain with quiet resignation and canceled the trip.
她帶著平靜的認命看著雨,取消了這趟旅行。
with quiet resignationa sense of resignation

片語

letter of resignation辭職信件 →正式辭職的書面文件
hand in a resignation遞出辭呈 →把辭呈交給主管
with resignation無奈接受 →帶著無奈認命的態度
accept a resignation批准辭呈 →主管同意讓人離職

你會不會這樣說?

'She looked at the rain with quiet resignation.' 這裡的 resignation 最接近哪個意思?(A) 辭職 (B) 辭呈 (C) 無奈的接受

看答案

(C)

此句描述心境而非離職,對應「認命;無奈順從」語意。

resignation 在句子裡可以當動詞用嗎?(對/不對)

看答案

不對

resignation 只有名詞用法,動詞形態是 resign。

字族

resign 辭職;放棄(動詞)

順路看看

多益練習

本區為多益情境練習,與上方釋義獨立編寫

情境例句

人事文件
Ms. Chen printed her resignation and placed it in an envelope addressed to her manager.
陳小姐印出辭呈,放進寫著主管姓名的信封裡。
工作行程延誤
Knowing that the delay was unavoidable, the project team greeted the news with resignation.
專案團隊知道延誤無法避免,因此無奈地接受了這個消息。

詞族

resign verb 辭職;辭去職位・resignation noun 辭職;辭呈;無奈接受・resigned adjective 認命的;無奈接受的

四選一

After accepting a position elsewhere, Ms. Lin decided to ____ from her current role.

  • resignation
  • resigned
  • resigns
  • resign
看答案

resign

decided to 後接原形動詞,因此選 resign。resignation 是名詞;resigned 是過去式、過去分詞或形容詞;resigns 是第三人稱單數現在式,均不能放在此處的不定詞 to 後。

同義改寫

Ms. Chen printed her resignation and placed it in an envelope addressed to her manager. → Ms. Chen printed her resignation letter and placed it in an envelope addressed to her manager.
printed 和 envelope 明確指出 resignation 是書面辭呈,因此可改為 resignation letter。
Knowing that the delay was unavoidable, the project team greeted the news with resignation. → Knowing that the delay was unavoidable, the project team calmly accepted the unwelcome news.
calmly accepted the unwelcome news 保留了對不願發生、卻無法避免之事平靜而無奈接受的意思。

延伸練習

回報這個字的錯誤