| |
|
| VERB |
| |
|
| /rɪˈtaɪə/ |
|
| |
| |
| 1 | I to stop working , especially when you reach the age when you are officially too old to work 退休；退役 |
| +from He retired from the army last month. 他上个月才从部队退役。 |
| +as Mr Garroway retired as chairman of the historical society in May. 5月份加罗韦先生以历史协会主席的身份退休了。 |
| | 1a | I to stop playing a sport as a professional player because you are too old （专业运动员）退役 | |
| | 1b | T to force someone to leave their job , especially before they reach the age when they are officially too old to work 迫使…提前退休 | |
| |
| 2 | I formal to leave a place , position , or way of life in order to go somewhere quieter or live a less active life 退隐；退出 |
| The committee will now retire in order to discuss these issues. 委员会现在要闭门讨论这些事。 |
| +from At the age of 83, she finally retired from public life. 她83岁时才从公共事务中退了下来。 |
| +to In the evenings, Lloyd retired to his study to write. 晚上，劳埃德呆在书房写作。 |
| |
| 3 | I/T to stop taking part in a game or sports competition because you are injured or ill , or to make someone do this （因受伤、生病而）退出比赛 |
| He retired hurt with a bloody nose. 他因受伤鼻子流血而退出比赛. |
| |
| 4 | T to remove machines or equipment from a place because they are old and no longer useful (因机器老化而)更换 |
| My printer was three years old, so I retired it. 我的打印机已用了3年，所以我就把它换掉了。 |
| |
| 5 | I mainly literary to go to bed at the end of the day in order to sleep 就寝；上床睡觉 |
| |
| 6 | T AMERICAN in baseball , to end a batter’ s or team’ s turn at batting by getting the batter out （棒球比赛中）使出局 |
|