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。 |