retire UK [rɪ'taɪər] US [-'taɪr] verb STOP WORKING 停止工作 ESSENTIAL intransitive ■to leave your job or stop working because of old age or ill health 退休;退职;退役•Since retiring from the company, she has done voluntary work for a charity.从公司退休后,她就一直在为一间慈善机构做志愿工作。 •He is due to retire as chief executive next year.明年他就该从总裁职位上退下来了。 intransitive ■to stop taking part in a race or competition because of illness or injury (因伤病)退出(比赛)•She retired from the competition after pulling a leg muscle.她因腿部肌肉拉伤退出了比赛。 transitive often passive ■If an employer retires an employee, they make that person leave their job, usually at a time when they are near to the age at which they would normally stop working, or because they are ill (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 the merger, he was retired with a generous pension.在合并后,他拿了一笔丰厚的养老金后被辞退了。 UK [rɪ'taɪər] US [-'taɪr] verb LEAVE A PLACE 离开一个地方 intransitive formal ■to leave a room or group of people and go somewhere quiet or private 离开;退下;退出•After dinner our host said, "Shall we retire to the drawing room?"晚餐过后主人说道,“我们到休息室去好不好?” intransitive formal or old-fashioned ■to go to bed 就寝;上床睡觉•It had been a long day, so I retired early.那天我工作了很长时间,所以早早便上床睡觉了。 |