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retire

/ri-tahyuhr/US // rɪˈtaɪər //UK // (rɪˈtaɪə) //

退役,退职,退任,退下

Related Words

relinquish放弃,弃权,弃置,捐弃depart启程,出发,遣散,启程前往pull out拔出,拔掉,拔除,拨出separate分开,独立的,独立,分开的remove移除,删除,拆除,取消withdraw撤销,撤回,撤出,退出go去,走,前往,走吧surrender投降,交出,投诚,缴械投降retreat撤退,退缩,闭关修炼,闭关revoke撤销,吊销,收回,撤回ebb退潮,减压,退潮期,减震recede退缩,退却,后退,消退resign辞职,辞去职务,辞职后secede剥离,割离,隔离,割断part部分,部分内容,部分地区,部分时间exit退出,出口,退出时,出口处yield产量,屈服,收益,收益率regress退步,倒退,退行,回归decamp流失,流落街头,流亡,流落他乡repeal废除,废止,撤消,撤销

Definitions

v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    re·tired, re·tir·ing.

    • : to withdraw, or go away or apart, to a place of privacy, shelter, or seclusion: He retired to his study.
    • : to go to bed: He retired at midnight.
    • : to withdraw from office, business, or active life, usually because of age: to retire at the age of sixty.
    • : to fall back or retreat in an orderly fashion and according to plan, as from battle, an untenable position, danger, etc.
    • : to withdraw or remove oneself: After announcing the guests, the butler retired.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    re·tired, re·tir·ing.

    • : to withdraw from circulation by taking up and paying, as bonds, bills, etc.; redeem.
    • : to withdraw or lead back, as from battle or danger; retreat.
    • : to remove from active service or the usual field of activity, as an army officer or business executive.
    • : to withdraw permanently from its normal service, usually for scrapping; take out of use.
    • : Sports. to put out.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Literary.

    • : a place of withdrawal; retreat: a cool retire from summer's heat.
    • : retirement or withdrawal, as from worldly matters or the company of others.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbleave a place or responsibility
Forms: retired, retiring
Synonyms
depart启程,出发,遣散,启程前往go去,走,前往,走吧pull out拔出,拔掉,拔除,拨出relinquish放弃,弃权,弃置,捐弃remove移除,删除,拆除,取消retreat撤退,退缩,闭关修炼,闭关separate分开,独立的,独立,分开的surrender投降,交出,投诚,缴械投降withdraw撤销,撤回,撤出,退出decamp流失,流落街头,流亡,流落他乡ebb退潮,减压,退潮期,减震exit退出,出口,退出时,出口处part部分,部分内容,部分地区,部分时间recede退缩,退却,后退,消退regress退步,倒退,退行,回归repeal废除,废止,撤消,撤销rescind撤销,废止,取消,撤消resign辞职,辞去职务,辞职后revoke撤销,吊销,收回,撤回rusticate锈蚀,锈迹斑斑,锈蚀的,锈迹斑斑的secede剥离,割离,隔离,割断yield产量,屈服,收益,收益率absent oneself抛头露面,缺席,逃避,逃避责任deny oneself否认自己,否定自己,否认自我,否认自己的身份draw back后退,缩减,逡巡不前,缩回fall back后退,回落,倒退,回归get away脱身,脱离,离开,摆脱get off下车,下来,下去,下来吧give ground让步,让路,交出地面,给予支持give up work罢工,辍工,辍业,辍学give way让路,让位,让步,让道go away走吧,走人,走了,走开go to bed上床睡觉,睡觉,上床,就寝go to one's roomgo to sleep就寝,入睡,睡觉,睡吧hand over交付,移交,递交,交给hit the sack上床睡觉,睡一觉,睡觉去了,睡觉吧leave service离开服务,离职服务,离开的服务,离开服务区make vacant腾空,腾出,虚空,腾出空位pull back缩回,收回,缩减,缩回去run along奔走相告,奔跑着,奔流,奔走seclude oneself隐居,隐身,隐居起来,隐遁sever connections切断连接,割断联系,割断连接,割裂连接stop working停止工作,停工,停止运作,停止营业take off脱离,脱下,脱掉turn in上交,上缴,上交了,上交资料

Examples

  • Expect the couple to find another mansion in a safe Democratic district where an aging representative is expected to retire.

  • And when asked whether he worries about Studio Ghibli after he and Takahata retire, Miyazaki is frank.

  • Age is one of many factors, but it will play a larger role in the conversation as Baby Boomers retire and longevity is extended.

  • As Raimondo tells it, most public sector workers in the state were able to retire at age 55 with 80 percent of their pay.

  • But “he was so shocked by the disorganization and lack of seriousness that he submitted his papers to retire.”

  • Will the new issues promptly retire when their special task is over?

  • The unhappy applicant was naturally obliged to temporarily retire from the game, at all events for that night.

  • A lineman was sent out to repair it under escort of civil guards, who were forced by the rebels to retire.

  • “I understood, Baron, that you had quite made up your mind to retire within a very few weeks,” said David Arden.

  • "Perhaps you will not care to retire, and would rather sit out where the air is best," she suggested.

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