Word · Frequency #15941
ceding
割让；让出；让步
ceding is the present participle of cede.
to give up or surrender something, or to yield to someone
多指正式让与领土、权利等
- 1.
To give up; yield to another.
放弃；让给他人。
- 2.
To give way.
让步。
放弃；让给他人。；让步。；割让；[法] 割让；让与；放弃
In use
After the war, the defeated nation had to cede a large portion of its territory.
The company decided to cede control of its overseas operations to a local partner.
He refused to cede any of his authority to the new manager.
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。
cede sth
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。
cede to sth/sb
此用法相当于 give way to，不带直接宾语。
Connections
Collocations
- cede territory
- 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。
- cede ground
- （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。
- cede control
- 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。
- cede sovereignty
- 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。
- cede the spotlight
- 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。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
cede 与 seed 同音：想象把一粒种子(seed)拱手让出，体会“让出、割让”。
Context & Register
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。
Grammar Note
常与介词 to 搭配，表示割让某物给某人
Pronunciation & Spelling
以上单词均与 cede /siːd/ 押韵：seed 与 cede 同音；accede、concede、precede、recede 都以 -cede 结尾，重音在最后一个音节。注意 succeed /səkˈsiːd/ 和 exceed /ɪkˈsiːd/ 拼作 -ceed 而非 -cede，发音仍相同。另外，code /koʊd/ 形近但发音不同，不可当作同韵。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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