讓出王位
這一組就是王座前面那一幕本身，也是這個字最常被讀到的用法。
verb · C1
To give up being king or queen, formally and while you are still alive, so that the position passes to someone else or is left empty.
退位
核心畫面
Think of someone standing in front of a throne and saying out loud, in front of everybody, that the seat is no longer theirs. Two things matter in that moment. The seat was theirs to begin with, so this is not walking away from someone else's job. And it is said openly, in front of witnesses, rather than done quietly overnight. The other meaning is the same moment moved off the throne and onto a duty: a job that was yours, publicly let go.
可以想成一個人站在王座前面，當著大家的面說：這個位子我不做了。這個畫面有兩個重點。一是那個位子本來就是他的，所以不是…更多收起
可以想成一個人站在王座前面，當著大家的面說：這個位子我不做了。這個畫面有兩個重點。一是那個位子本來就是他的，所以不是走掉別人的工作。二是他公開講出來，有人見證，不是半夜悄悄離開。abdicate 的另一個意思，就是把同一個畫面從王座搬到職責上：本來歸你的責任，被公開地放掉。From the word’s history
The packet's Wiktionary entry traces the word to Latin abdicō, from ab ('away') plus dicō ('proclaim, declare'), first attested in English in 1532. So the word is literally 'to declare it away', which is why the public, formal act is still at the centre of both meanings.
評估資料裡的 Wiktionary 記的是拉丁文 abdicō，由 ab（離開）加上 dicō（宣告、公開說）組成，英文最早出現在一五三二年。字面上就是「公開宣告把它推開」，這也說明了為什麼兩個意思的核心都還是那個公開、正式的動作。
Wiktionary etymology supplied in this evidence packet (source_ref kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:10688246): 'First attested in 1532; borrowed from Latin abdicātus... formed from ab (away) + dicō (proclaim, dedicate, declare).'
Two branches
放掉該負的責任
同一個動作，位子換成職責：本來交付給你的工作，被你推開。因為源頭是王位，這個說法天生就帶著「那本來是你的」這層意思，也因此帶著責備。
verb · C1
To refuse to be responsible for something that you should be looking after, or that you were looking after before.
推卸（該負的）責任