发音：[rɪˈlɪŋkwɪʃ]
例句：
- If you relinquish something, you let it go, or give over possession or control of it.
- She was forced to relinquish the custody of her child because the court forced her to give up that right.
- The law, passed in 2019, allows a person’s relatives or law enforcement officers to ask a court to make the person relinquish their guns if the person is deemed to be dangerous.
- The family members have agreed to relinquish their ownership of Purdue and pay as much as $6 billion to those suing over their role in the crisis in exchange for immunity from related civil suits.
- Musk and Tesla ultimately reached a settlement with the SEC, with each paying a $20 million penalty, and Musk having to relinquish his chairman title for three years.
解释：
- Relinquish该单词为动词，其表示“give up the possession or control of something”这一含义，即 “放弃”，与give up/ withdraw/renounce/cede”等单词构成近义词。
- 实际使用时该单词可以用来表示“物理状态”上放弃某一东西，使用场景如下：The dog wouldn’t relinquish its grasp on the bone.（小狗不愿放弃那个骨头。）/The old man cannot relinquishes his grip on the bar since the ground was too slippery.（由于地太滑，老人不敢放掉抓手。）
- 除了表达物理状态上的放弃外，relinquish也可以用表“抽象状态”上的放弃。使用场景如下：Jack relinquishes his plan to buy this car because it is way much expensive. （杰克放弃了购买这辆车的计划由于价格太高了。）/最近，中国政府对疫情政策有所放松，不再要求每日执行核酸检测。我们可以说：Recently, the Chinese government has relinquished its mandatory Covid-19 nucleic acid testing policy. （中国政府最近放弃了强制性核酸检测政策。）
