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Retire Retired Verb 动词 Stop   [V N Decided

英语单词 retire
英美音标 英 [rɪ'taɪə(r)] 美 [rɪ'taɪər]
中文释义 v.退休;撤退;离去;就寝;主动退出比赛;收回(货币);赎回(票据)
n.退休,退职
英语例句 (1) My father retired at the age of 60.
(2) The old worker decided to retire to the country.
(3) Our forces retired to prepared positions.
(4) After lunch he retired to his study.
(5) I decided to retire early with a book.
(6) She fell badly, spraining her ankle, and had to retire.
(7) Companies may retire their bonds payable before maturity.
中文例句 (1) 我父亲六十岁时退休了。
(2) 那们老工人决定退休后搬到乡下去。
(3) 我们的部队撤退到既设阵地上。
(4) 他午饭后就到书房去了。
(5) 我决定带本书早点就寝。
(6) 她摔得很重,扭伤了脚踝,只好退出比赛。
(7) 企业可以在债券到期之前赎回他们的应付债券。
vocabulary简明 If you stop working by choice and leave your position or occupation, you retire. If you are lucky, you can retire early in order to sail around the world, but most people can't retire until they are old enough to collect retirement benefits.
vocabulary扩展 If you go to bed in the evening, you retire. If your younger siblings are being loud and obnoxious, you can retire to the basement to get some privacy and quiet. If something is withdrawn from circulation, it can also be retired. When a beloved player leaves a sports team, often the number assigned to him or her is retired and no one else can use that number.
柯林斯解释
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[VERB 动词]退休;退职 When older people retire, they leave their job and usually stop working completely.
  [V]
  [V from n]
  • At the age when most people retire, he is ready to face a new career...

    在大多数人都退休的年龄,他却准备好面对新的职业。

  • Although their careers are important many said they plan to retire at 50...

    虽然事业很重要,但很多人都说他们打算50岁退休。

  • In 1974 he retired from the museum.

    他1974年从博物馆退休了。

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[VERB 动词](从体育运动中)退役;退出(比赛) When a sports player retires from their sport, they stop playing in competitions. When they retire from a race or a match, they stop competing in it.
  [V from n]
  [Also V]
  • I have decided to retire from Formula One racing at the end of the season...

    我已经决定在这个赛季末结束一级方程式赛车生涯。

  • One of the most serious injuries was to Simon Littlejohn, who was forced to retire from the race with a leg injury.

    伤势最重的人之一是西蒙·利特尔约翰,他腿部受伤,被迫退出了比赛。

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[VERB 动词]退出,离开(去别的地方) If you retire to another room or place, you go there.
  [V to n]
  [FORMAL 正式]
  • Eisenhower left the White House and retired to his farm in Gettysburg.

    艾森豪威尔离开白宫,退隐到他在葛底斯堡的农场。

4
[VERB 动词]退庭;休庭 When a jury in a court of law retires, the members of it leave the court in order to decide whether someone is guilty or innocent.
  [V]
  • The jury will retire to consider its verdict today.

    陪审团今天将退庭商议裁决结果。

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[VERB 动词]就寝 When you retire, you go to bed.
  [V]
  [V to n]
  [FORMAL 正式]
  • She retires early most nights, exhausted...

    她大多数晚上都觉得精疲力尽,很早就睡了。

  • Some time after midnight, he retired to bed.

    午夜过后,他上床就寝。

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See also:
retired
retiring
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