| 单词 | step down |
| 释义 | step downstep down (also step aside) phrasal verbphr v LEAVE A JOB OR ORGANIZATIONto leave your job or official position, because you want to or because you think you should 辞职；下台；让位 Morris should step aside until the investigation is completed. 莫里斯应该停职直到调查结束。 as Eve Johnson has stepped down as chairperson. 伊夫·约翰逊已经辞去主席的职务。 from He was forced to step down from his post. 他被迫下台。 Examples from the Corpus step as• Meanwhile Janet Street-Porter is stepping down as editor of the Independent on Sunday.• Mr Orlando was forced to step down as mayor despite his popularity with the voters.• He was due to step down as Oceania president in 2002.• House Democrats called a series of news conferences calling on Gingrich to step down as speaker.• If the panel brings formal charges, Gingrich may be forced to step down as speaker.• He stepped down as White House chief of staff in 1994 after a series of White House snafus. → step down at step2(PHRASAL VERB) |
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