| 单词 | stand down |
| 释义 | stand downstand down phrasal verbphr v British EnglishBrE a) LEAVE A JOB OR ORGANIZATIONto agree to leave your position or to stop trying to be elected, so that someone else can have a chance 〔为让出机会而〕辞职，退出竞选 SYN American English step down as He was obliged to stand down as a parliamentary candidate. 他被迫退出议员竞选。 b) SCTto leave the witness box in a court of law 离开证人席 c) stand (somebody) downPM if a soldier stands down or is stood down, he stops working for the day 〔士兵〕下岗；把〔士兵〕撤下岗 Examples from the Corpus stand as• Roy Hattersley would also stand down as deputy leader.• But Sara, standing down as Green chairwoman, suggested the only disaster has been the party's huge decline.• Nelson Mandela stood down as party leader and will give up the position of head of state in the 1999 general election.• He stood down as the party's leader in 1999. stand (somebody) down• He walked slowly over to the door, and stood looking down at her.• Gabriel had the window wide open and was standing there looking down at him.• He stands looking down at me.• He stood looking down at Tibbles, breathing heavily.• Then he stood looking down at Tim Reagan.• Jane crossed to the windows and stood staring down into the street. → stand down at stand1(PHRASAL VERB) |
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