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cede sth to sb
常用于割让领土、权利等，属正式语境。
The country was forced to cede the territory to its neighbour.
该国被迫将这块领土割让给邻国。
割让；让出；让步
ceded — past of cede
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割让；让出；让步
to give up or surrender something, or to yield to someone
The country was forced to cede the territory to its neighbour.
该国被迫将这块领土割让给邻国。
多指正式让与领土、权利等
放弃；让给他人。
To give up; yield to another.
让步。
To give way.
cede
Base
原形
cedes
3rd person
第三人称单数
ceding
-ing
现在分词
ceded
Past
过去式
ceded
Past participle
过去分词
They cede control of the company.
他们放弃对公司的控制。
The country ceded the territory after the war.
战后该国割让了领土。
The government is ceding power to local authorities.
政府正在将权力下放给地方当局。
规则动词，过去式和过去分词直接加-ed。
After the war, the defeated nation had to cede a large portion of its territory.
战后，战败国不得不割让其大片领土。
The company decided to cede control of its overseas operations to a local partner.
该公司决定将其海外业务的控制权让与当地合作伙伴。
He refused to cede any of his authority to the new manager.
他拒绝将他的任何权力让给新经理。
常用于割让领土、权利等，属正式语境。
The country was forced to cede the territory to its neighbour.
该国被迫将这块领土割让给邻国。
宾语常为 control、power、rights 等抽象名词。
She refused to cede control of the company.
她拒绝交出对公司的控制权。
此用法相当于 give way to，不带直接宾语。
The government eventually ceded to public pressure.
政府最终迫于公众压力作出让步。
Not this
They ceded the island them.
Use this
They ceded the island to them.
动词 cede 的接受者须由介词 to 引出（cede sth. to sb.），不能像 give 那样直接接双宾语；中文“让给”没有介词，容易漏掉 to。
Not this
He ceded that the decision was wrong.
Use this
He conceded that the decision was wrong.
cede 表示“放弃、让出（土地/权力）”，不表示“承认”；表示勉强承认应使用 concede。汉语的“承认”常被错译成 cede。
Not this
The cede of the island caused protests.
Use this
The cession of the island caused protests.
cede 是动词，其名词形式是 cession（割让），不可把动词原形当名词用。汉语中“割让”兼作动词和名词，因此学习者容易照搬。
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割让领土
The kingdom was forced to cede territory after the war.
这个王国战后被迫割让领土。
（在争论或竞争中）退让
He refused to cede ground on the proposal.
他拒绝在这项提议上退让。
交出控制权
The company decided to cede control to its new partners.
公司决定把控制权交给新合伙人。
让渡主权
They were reluctant to cede sovereignty over the region.
他们不愿让渡对该地区的主权。
放弃受人关注的位置；让出风头
The veteran actor gracefully ceded the spotlight to the younger star.
这位老演员大方地把风头让给了年轻明星。
（在争论或竞争中）让步，退让
The government refused to cede ground on its new tax policy.
政府拒绝在新税收政策上让步。
让出发言权；把发言机会让给他人
After the opening remarks, the chair ceded the floor to the guest speaker.
开场白结束后，主席把发言权让给了特邀演讲人。
失去道义优势；把有利地位让给对手
By lying, the candidate ceded the high ground to his opponent.
由于撒谎，这位候选人把道义上的优势让给了对手。
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cede 与 seed 同音：想象把一粒种子(seed)拱手让出，体会“让出、割让”。
语域：formal 常见场景：formal documents、legal agreements、political discourse cede 比较正式，多用于书面语或法律、政治语境，表示正式让出或割让；日常口语中通常改用 give up 等更常见的词。
常与介词 to 搭配，表示割让某物给某人
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