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今天我們要學的詞是 abdicate. abdicate is spelled a-b-d-i-c-a-t-e, abdicate.

abdicate 的意思是退位，放棄責任。At age 85, Japan's Emperor Akihito is set to abdicate the throne this year with relief that his reign is ending without his nation having been at war. 現年85歲的日本明仁天皇將在今年退位，他在位期間日本沒有經歷戰爭。

British Prime Minister Theresa May accused her predecessor Tony Blair of undermining the Brexit talks by calling for another referendum, and said they could not "abdicate responsibility" to deliver Brexit by holding a new poll. 英國首相特蕾莎·梅指責她的前任托尼·貝理雅提出進行另一次全民公決是破壞英國脫歐談判，並表示他們不能以舉行新投票脫歐來“放棄責任”。

好的，我們今天學習的詞是 bdicate, bdicate, bdicate ......以上新聞美語即時通由美國之音和中廣新聞網聯合製播，謝謝收聽。