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Meaning Sense Retire French Recorded 2316.Retire 英 Rɪ'Taɪə]美

正面 2316.retire
英 [rɪ'taɪə]美 [rɪ'taɪɚ]

背面
释义:
vi. 退休;撤退;退却vt. 退休;离开;收回n. 退休;退隐;退兵信号
例句:
1. If they prove ineffective they should be demoted or asked to retire.如果事实证明他们已无力胜任,应该将他们降级或让他们退休。

1. 阿姨累了。2. 阿姨如果累了,工作干厌倦了就退休不干了。
retire 撤离,退休re-,向后,往回,-tir,拉,词源同 tirade,tier.即向后拉,引申词义撤退,撤离,后用于指退休。
retire (v.)1530s, of armies, "to retreat," from Middle French retirer "to withdraw (something)," from re- "back" (see re-) + Old French tirer "to draw" (see tirade). Related: Retired; retiring. Meaning "to withdraw" to some place, especially for the sake of privacy, is recorded from 1530s; sense of "leave an occupation" first attested 1640s (implied in retirement). Meaning "to leave company and go to bed" is from 1660s. Transitive sense is from 1540s, originally "withdraw, lead back" (troops, etc.); meaning "to remove from active service" is from 1680s. Baseball sense of "to put out" is recorded from 1874."

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