resign/rIˋzaIn; rIˈzaIn/v [I,T]1 to officially tell your employer that you are going to leave your job 辞职﹐辞去〔工作〕: +from Burton resigned from the company yesterday. 伯顿昨天辞去了公司的工作。+as He resigned as chairman in October. 十月他辞去了主席的职务。2 resign yourself to (doing) sth to accept a situation that you do not like but cannot change 使自己顺从于(做)某事﹔安于〔不喜欢但无法改变的状况〕: I’ve resigned myself to living in the city for a while. 我只好在这个城市居住一段时间。