荷兰女王将让位于其长子

时间：2013-01-29 08:29:28

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Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands has announced she is abdicating1 in favour of her son, Prince Willem-Alexander. 

荷兰女王贝娅特丽克丝宣布退位，推选她儿子威廉-亚历山大即位。
 
In a pre-recorded address broadcast on TV, she said she would formally stand down on 30 April. 
 
The queen, who is approaching her 75th birthday, said she had been thinking about this moment for several years and that now was "the moment to lay down my crown".
 
Queen Beatrix has been head of state since 1980, when her mother abdicated3.
 
In the short televised statement, the queen said it was time for the throne to be held by "a new generation", adding that her son was ready to be king.
 
Prince Willem-Alexander, 45, is married to Maxima Zorreguieta, a former investment banker from Argentina, and has three young children. 
 
He is a trained pilot and an expert in water management.
 
He will become the Netherlands' first king since Willem III, who died in 1890.
 
Speaking on television immediately after the abdication4 announcement, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte paid tribute to the queen.
 
"Since her coronation... she has applied5 herself heart and soul for Dutch society," he said.
Abdication 'tradition'
 
Queen Beatrix is the sixth monarch6 from the House of Orange-Nassau, which has ruled the Netherlands since the early 19th Century.
 
Correspondents say she is extremely popular with most Dutch people, but her abdication was widely expected and will not provoke a constitutional crisis. 
 
Under Dutch law, the monarch has few powers and the role is considered ceremonial.
 
In recent decades it has become the tradition for the monarch to abdicate2. 
 
Queen Beatrix's mother Juliana resigned the throne in 1980 on her 70th birthday, and her grandmother Wilhelmina abdicated in 1948 at the age of 68.
 
Queen Beatrix will be 75 on Thursday.
 
She has remained active in recent years, but her reign7 has also seen traumatic（创伤的） events. 
 
In 2009 a would-be attacker killed eight people when he drove his car into crowds watching the queen and other members of the royal family in a national holiday parade. 
 
In March last year her second son, Prince Friso, was struck by an avalanche8（雪崩） in Austria and remains9 in a coma10.

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1 abdicating d328a8e260b8d7c8a75371dadc6930e7     
放弃（职责、权力等）( abdicate的现在分词 )； 退位，逊位
参考例句：
  • It is merely claimed that this is abdicating to save itself. 他仅仅把这称之为是人的高傲为了自我救赎而退出了王座。
  • A complete hands-off approach is abdicating your business responsibility. 彻底的不闻不问意味着你对自己事业责任的放弃。
2 abdicate 9ynz8     
v.让位，辞职，放弃
参考例句：
  • The reason I wnat to abdicate is to try something different.我辞职是因为我想尝试些不一样的东西。
  • Yuan Shikai forced emperor to abdicate and hand over power to him.袁世凯逼迫皇帝逊位，把政权交给了他。
3 abdicated 0bad74511c43ab3a11217d68c9ad162b     
放弃（职责、权力等）( abdicate的过去式和过去分词 )； 退位，逊位
参考例句：
  • He abdicated in favour of his son. 他把王位让给了儿子。
  • King Edward Ⅷ abdicated in 1936 to marry a commoner. 国王爱德华八世于1936年退位与一个平民结婚。
4 abdication abdication     
n.辞职；退位
参考例句：
  • The officers took over and forced his abdication in 1947.1947年军官们接管了政权并迫使他退了位。
  • Abdication is precluded by the lack of a possible successor.因为没有可能的继承人，让位无法实现。
5 applied Tz2zXA     
adj.应用的；v.应用，适用
参考例句：
  • She plans to take a course in applied linguistics.她打算学习应用语言学课程。
  • This cream is best applied to the face at night.这种乳霜最好晚上擦脸用。
6 monarch l6lzj     
n.帝王，君主，最高统治者
参考例句：
  • The monarch's role is purely ceremonial.君主纯粹是个礼仪职位。
  • I think myself happier now than the greatest monarch upon earth.我觉得这个时候比世界上什么帝王都快乐。
7 reign pBbzx     
n.统治时期，统治，支配，盛行；v.占优势
参考例句：
  • The reign of Queen Elizabeth lapped over into the seventeenth century.伊丽莎白王朝延至17世纪。
  • The reign of Zhu Yuanzhang lasted about 31 years.朱元璋统治了大约三十一年。
8 avalanche 8ujzl     
n.雪崩，大量涌来
参考例句：
  • They were killed by an avalanche in the Swiss Alps.他们在瑞士阿尔卑斯山的一次雪崩中罹难。
  • Higher still the snow was ready to avalanche.在更高处积雪随时都会崩塌。
9 remains 1kMzTy     
n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹
参考例句：
  • He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
  • The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。
10 coma vqxzR     
n.昏迷，昏迷状态
参考例句：
  • The patient rallied from the coma.病人从昏迷中苏醒过来。
  • She went into a coma after swallowing a whole bottle of sleeping pills.她吃了一整瓶安眠药后就昏迷过去了。

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