To relinquish something is to let it go so that someone else can have it — a high job, a right, a claim, power, a title — and the word usually carries the feeling that you did not really want to. You were holding it, and then you had to hand it over.

To relinquish somethingrelinquish某樣東西is就是to let it go放手讓它離開so that好讓someone else can have it別人可以擁有它— a high job, a right, a claim, power, a title ———像是高階職位、權利、主張、權力、頭銜——, and而且the word這個字usually carries the feeling通常帶著一種感覺that you did not really want to就是你其實並不真的想放手。You were holding it你原本握著它, and then然後you had to你不得不hand it over把它交出去。

It is a serious, rather formal verb. You read it in news about leaders, courts, and families fighting over rights.

It is這是a serious, rather formal verb一個嚴肅、相當正式的動詞。You read it你會讀到它in news about在...的新聞裡leaders, courts, and families fighting over rights領袖、法庭，以及為了權利爭執的家族。

You would not usually say you relinquished your umbrella; you would say you gave it up or handed it over.

You would not usually say你通常不會說you relinquished your umbrella你relinquish了你的雨傘; you would say你會說you gave it up你gave it uporhanded it over或handed it over（放棄了或交出去了）。

Though actually, people also use it more softly, as in relinquish control in a meeting, meaning stop gripping every decision, even when no crown is changing heads. The unwilling taste is often still there: not a happy gift, a letting-go.

Though actually不過實際上, people also use it人們也會用它more softly更輕的語氣, as in像是relinquish controlrelinquish control（放開掌控）in a meeting在一場會議裡, meaning意思是stop gripping不再緊抓著every decision每一個決定, even when即使no crown is changing heads沒有王位在換人。The unwilling taste那種不情願的味道is often still there通常還是在: not不是a happy gift開心的贈與, a letting-go而是一種放手。