retire
- v.(使)退休;(因伤)退出(比赛等);离开(尤指去僻静处);(令)退职;睡觉;撤离，撤退（以进行休整）;使出局
- n.退隐;退兵信号;退隐所
过去式： retired 现在分词： retiring 过去分词： retired 第三人称单数： retires
re- 向后,往回 + tir 拉,引 + -e
retireverb
工作 from job
（令）退职；（使）退休
to stop doing your job, especially because you have reached a particular age or because you are ill/sick; to tell sb they must stop doing their job
She was forced to retire early from teaching because of ill health.
她由于身体不好而被迫早早地从教学岗位上退休。
My dream is to retire to a villa in France.
我的梦想是退休后在法国住上一栋别墅。
He has no plans to retire as editor of the magazine.
他还不打算从杂志编辑的位子上退休。
The company's official retiring age is 65.
公司正式的退休年龄为65岁。
She was retired on medical grounds.
她由于健康原因被安排退休了。
体育运动 in sport
（因伤）退出（比赛等）
to stop competing during a game, race, etc., usually because you are injured
She fell badly, spraining her ankle, and had to retire.
她摔得很重，扭伤了脚踝，只好退出比赛。
He retired hurt in the first five minutes of the game.
比赛才开始五分钟，他就因伤退场。
地点 from/to a place
离开（尤指去僻静处）
to leave a place, especially to go somewhere quieter or more private
The jury retired to consider the evidence.
陪审团退庭对证据进行评判。
After dinner he likes to retire to his study.
晚饭后，他喜欢躲到书房里去。
军队 of army
撤离，撤退（以进行休整）
to move back from a battle in order to organize your soldiers in a different way
睡觉 go to bed
睡觉；就寝
to go to bed
I retired late that evening.
那天晚上我睡得晚。
棒球 in baseball
使（击球员、击球方）出局
to make a player or team have to stop their turn at batting
He retired twelve batters in a row.
他一连使十二个击球手出局。
retire
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VERB 退休;退职
When older people retire, they leave their job and usually stop working completely.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。
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VERB （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.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。
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VERB 退出，离开（去别的地方）
If you retire to another room or place, you go there.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。
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VERB 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.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 就寝
When you retire, you go to bed.She retires early most nights, exhausted...
她大多数晚上都觉得精疲力尽，很早就睡了。
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See also:retired;retiring
verb
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- prepare for sleep
- I usually turn in at midnight
- He goes to bed at the crack of dawn
- Synonym: go to bed turn in bed crawl in kip down hit the hay hit the sack sack out go to sleep
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- cause to get out
- The pitcher retired three batters
- the runner was put out at third base
- Synonym: strike out
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- cause to be out on a fielding play
- Synonym: put out
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- lose interest
- he retired from life when his wife died
- Synonym: withdraw
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- pull back or move away or backward
- The enemy withdrew
- The limo pulled away from the curb
- Synonym: withdraw retreat pull away draw back recede pull back move back
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- dispose of (something no longer useful or needed)
- She finally retired that old coat
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- go into retirement;stop performing one's work or withdraw from one's position
- He retired at age 68
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- withdraw from active participation
- He retired from chess
- Synonym: withdraw
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- make (someone) retire
- The director was retired after the scandal
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- break from a meeting or gathering
- We adjourned for lunch
- The men retired to the library
- Synonym: adjourn withdraw
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- withdraw from circulation or from the market, as of bills, shares, and bonds
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She was forced to retire early from teaching because of ill health .
她由于身体不好而被迫早早地从教学岗位上退休。
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He has already intimated to us his intention to retire .
他已经向我们透露了他要退休的打算。
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I 'd put them both down as retired teachers .
我看他们俩都是退休教师。
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He retired hurt in the first five minutes of the game .
比赛才开始五分钟，他就因伤退场。
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He 's certainly got the right idea ─ retiring at 55 .
他真的想通了——打算在55岁时退休。
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He was determined to have one last fling before retiring .
他决心在退休前最后痛痛快快地玩乐一番。
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How do you fill your day now that you 've retired ?
现在你已退休了，怎样打发你的日子？
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When he retired , he tried to distance himself from politics .
退休后，他便尽量使自己置身于政治之外。
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I thought she had retired , but apparently she hasn 't.
我原以为她退休了，但显然她还没有退。
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After retiring , she became involved in voluntary service in the local community .
她在退休后投身于当地社区的志愿服务工作。
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The company 's official retiring age is 65 .
公司正式的退休年龄为65岁。
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He retired long before the war .
他在战争之前早就退休了。
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He retired early on grounds of ill health .
他由于身体不好而提早退休。
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She retired last year but still teaches the odd class to keep her hand in .
她去年退休了，但偶尔还上课，以免技巧生疏。
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Not having to get up early is just one of the perks of being retired .
不必早起只是退休生活的好处之一。
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She told me confidentially that she is going to retire early .
她私下告诉我她要提早退休。
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He has no plans to retire as editor of the magazine .
他还不打算从杂志编辑的位子上退休。
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His sudden decision to retire brought down the curtain on a distinguished career .
他突然决定退休结束了他成就斐然的职业生涯。
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My dream is to retire to a villa in France .
我的梦想是退休后在法国住上一栋别墅。
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The idea of retiring to the south of France is highly seductive .
退休后到法国南方去，这个主意令人心驰神往。
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The jury retired to consider the evidence .
陪审团退庭对证据进行评判。
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By the age of 25 she was completely burned out and retired from the sport .
她到25岁时就已体力耗尽，退出了体坛。
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I retired late that evening .
那天晚上我睡得晚。
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At 71 , he has now retired from the political fray .
他现年71岁，已经退出了政治角逐。
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The house is tied to the job , so we 'll have to move when I retire .
这房子是为工作提供的，所以我退休后我们就得搬家。
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He has announced his intention to retire .
他已经宣布他打算退休。
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They retired and went to live upstate .
他们退休后移居到州的乡野地区去了。
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He has already intimated he intends to retire .
他已经暗示他打算退休。
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Dad is retired now .
爸爸现在已经退休了。
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She fell badly , spraining her ankle , and had to retire .
她摔得很重，扭伤了脚踝，只好退出比赛。
指退职、退役、退休、因伤退出比赛等；也指离开去某个僻静之处。
He has no plans to retire as chief editor of the magazine.
他还不打算从杂志总编辑的位置上退下来。
She retired from teaching at 65.
她65岁从教师岗位上退休。
He retired to his room to call her.
他躲进自己的房间给她打电话。
He had to retire with a knee injury in the first half.
他上半场因膝部受伤只得退赛。
指把人从危险地区疏散、撤空。
The villagers were evacuated because of flood.
因为洪水泛滥，村民们被全部撤离。
The soldiers were evacuated from the front.
士兵们全部从前线撤退。
多指因处境危险或被打败而退却，尤指军队撤退，也指避开某人或某物，或从一个地方移到另一个安静的私人场所，常含被迫、不情愿之意。
They missed the opportunity to attack and had to retreat.
他们错失了进攻时机，只得撤退。
He retreated when he saw her.
他一看到她就躲开了。
She has no choice but to retreat from public life.
她别无选择，只能退出公众生活。
The defeated soldiers had to retreat from the battle.
溃败的士兵只得撤出战斗。
Napoleon's troops had to retreat from Moscow.
拿破仑的部队只得从莫斯科撤退。
指让部队等撤离某处，或指某人退出活动、组织等，侧重因某种原因而有意或被迫撤退、离开。
The commander refused to withdraw his troops.
指挥官拒不撤回部队。
The peacekeeping forces were forced to withdraw.
维和部队被迫撤走了。
A bad cold forced him to withdraw from the swimming competition.
重感冒迫使她退出了游泳比赛。
The public protested against the country's decision to withdraw from the European Union.
公众对该国政府的决定提出抗议，反对退出欧盟。