PHRASAL VERB (从重要职位上)退下，下台(常为了让位给别人) If someone stands down, they resign from an important job or position, often in order to let someone else take their place. (从重要职位上)退下，下台(常为了让位给别人)
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Four days later, the despised leader finally stood down, just 17 days after taking office. [VERB PREP.]
4天后，这位遭到鄙视的领导人终于下台了，离他就职只有 17 天。
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Profits plunged and he stood down as chairman last January. [VERB PREP. + as]
因利润骤降，他作为董事长于去年 1 月辞职了。
SYN resign, leave, quit, abdicate
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