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单词 retire
释义
retire
verb
uk
/rɪˈtaɪər/us
/rɪˈtaɪr/

retireverb(STOP WORKING)

B1[I]
toleaveyourjoborstopworkingbecause ofoldageorillhealth:
退休；退职；退役
Since retiringfromthecompany, she has donevoluntaryworkfor acharity.从公司退休后，她就一直在为一家慈善机构做志愿工作。
He isdueto retireaschiefexecutivenextyear.明年他就该从总裁职位上退下来了。
[I]
tostoptakingpartin araceorcompetitionbecause ofillnessorinjury:
（因伤病）退出（比赛）
She retiredfromthecompetitionafterpullingalegmuscle.她因腿部肌肉拉伤退出了比赛。
[Toften passive]
to make someoneleavetheirjob, usually at atimewhen they are near to theageat which they wouldnormallystopworking, or because ofillness:
（通常指在雇员接近退休年龄或生病时）使退职，辞退，使退休
Following themerger, he was retired with agenerouspension.在合并后，他拿了一笔丰厚的养老金后被辞退了。
More examples
  • He isplanningto retire frompoliticsnextyear.
  • Mostfemalemodelshave to retire around theageof 25,whereasawell-preservedman can go onworkinginto hisforties.
  • He'll get £50 000 from thecompanywhen he retires, which is atidysum.
  • ShebecameEmeritus Professor of Linguistics when she retired.
  • He nowthinksthat retiring early was astupidthing to do.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Retiring & resigning
  • abdicate
  • abdication
  • attrition
  • bow
  • bow out
  • chuck
  • chucksomethingin
  • get off
  • golden handcuffs
  • golden handshake
  • golden parachute
  • leave the field open forsomeoneidiom
  • pension
  • retired
  • retiree
  • retirement
  • retiring
  • serve out
  • throw
  • turnover
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Winning, losing & scoring in sport
Firing staff

retireverb(LEAVE A PLACE)

[I]formal
toleavearoomorgroupofpeopleand gosomewherequietorprivate:
离开；退下；退出
Afterdinnerourhostsaid, "Shall we retiretothedrawingroom?"晚餐过后主人说道，“我们到休息室去好不好？”
[I]formalorold-fashioned
to go tobed:
就寝；上床睡觉
It had been alongday, so I retired early.那天我工作了很长时间，所以早早便上床睡觉了。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Departing
  • abandon
  • abandonment
  • absquatulate
  • backward
  • be ready to rollidiom
  • move
  • outgoing
  • p.o.q.
  • peel away/off
  • piss off
  • pull
  • pull out
  • pullsomethingoff
  • sea
  • strike
  • takesomethingoff
  • turfsomethingout
  • vacate
  • vamoose
  • walk
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Animal physiology: sleep & sleeping

Idiom

retire a number
(Definition ofretirefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

retire| American Dictionary

retire
verb
us
/rɪˈtɑɪər/

retireverb(STOP WORKING)

[I/T]
toleaveyourjoborstopworkingbecause of havingreachedaparticularageor because ofillhealth, or tocausesomeone or something tostopbeingemployedor used:
[I]Heworkedintelevisionafter retiring frombaseball.
[I]I’ll be retiringsoon.
[T]Theaircraftwas retired in 1990.

retireverb(LEAVE A PLACE)

[I]fml
toleavearoomorgroupofpeopleand gosomewherequietorprivate:
Thejudgeretired to herstudytoreviewthecase.
[I]fml
To retire alsomeansto go tobed.

retired

adjective[not gradable]us
/rɪˈtɑɪərd/
He is a retiredairlinepilot.
(Definition ofretirefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

retire| Business English

retire
verb
uk
/rɪˈtaɪər/us
[I]HR,WORKPLACE
toleaveyourjoborstopworking, usually because ofyourageorillhealth:
She has noplansto retire.
retire from sthJenkins retires from thefirmthisyear.
retire as sthElkin has retired as adirectorafter 12yearson theboard
retire at sthCan I getholdof thecashin mypensionfundbefore I retire at 65?
James had toretire earlyaftersufferingthreeheartattacksin 2007.
[T,often passive]HR,WORKPLACE,MANAGEMENT
if anemployerretires anemployee, they make theemployeeleavetheirjob, usually because they are near theageat which they wouldnormallystopworking, or because they areill:
He was retired early by hisfirm.
Companiestypicallyretireworkersat 60 and thenhireabouthalfof them back, often at 50-70% oftheirpreviouspay.
[T]FINANCE
topayback adebtorloancompletely:
Thefundswere used to retiredebtand tofinanceexpansion.
Even after thestatereducedbenefitstoworkersandraisedtaxesonemployers, it took until 2010 to retire thatloan.
[T]
to take amachineorpieceofequipmentout of use because it isoldand nolongeruseful:
The European-made Concorde wasretired fromBritish andFrenchservicein 2005.
Among the othermeasuresis a $35rebateto retireolderrefrigeratorsfornewer, moreefficientones.
(Definition ofretirefrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofretire

retire
While some retired to a comfortable country-scholar life, others devoted themselves to research and education.
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Much of the research on retirement has focused on loss of identity and self-esteem by the retiring individual.
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Figure 9 illustrates what such a system might look like for those retiring in 2018.
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Nevertheless, the ontology operates, needs support, is maintained and is retired simultaneously with the whole system.
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Retirees retiring in later months for the sample had higher relative deferred compensation.
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Women who had retired for health reasons were more than disadvantaged by the same conditions.
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Two of the three judges who delivered dissenting verdicts in this contempt case have since been retired, for technically legitimate but involuntary reasons.
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They allowed retired and elderly couples or single people to vacate cottages needed for working families, without obliging them to leave the village altogether.
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Moreover, it seems that male retirees perceive the exchange of psychological resources in the family differently from husbands who have not yet retired.
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I am sure that most people agree that she never really retired.
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We expect older plans will have higher costs because, typically, retirees cost more than current workers.
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She decided that she was not prepared to spend extra time travelling, and retired early.
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Both voluntary early retirement and retiring on health grounds had a significant effect on attitudes to retirement (positively and negatively respectively).
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First, the increase in the working period reduces the length of time when retired, and therefore reduces the incentive to save.
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Due to rising costs in public spending for retirees the system had to undergo several reforms.
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