1. For life is paradox: it enjoins us to cling to its many gifts even while it ordains their eventual relinquishment. 因为生活是一条悖论：它甚至指示我们牢牢抓住许多到头来注定要放弃的东西。
2. For life is a paradox, it enjoins us to cling to its many gifts even while it ordains their eventual relinquishment. 因为人生就是一对矛盾：它既让我们抓住人生的多种赐予，同时它又要我们到头来把这些赐予放弃。
3. He quotes Napoleon's memoirs to show how deeply the Frenchman admired Washington and how utterly baffled he was by his voluntary relinquishment of power. 他引用拿破仑的回忆录来说明法国人是多么景仰华盛顿，而华盛顿对自愿放弃权力又是如何的困惑不解。
英英解释
n.
1. a verbal act of renouncing a claim or right or position etc.
2. the act of giving up and abandoning a struggle or task etc.
