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retire

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近义词expel discharge withdraw suspend dismiss remove

vi. 退休；撤退；退却
vt. 退休；离开；收回
n. 退休；退隐；退兵信号

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词态变化

第三人称单数: retires;过去式: retired;过去分词: retired;现在分词: retiring;

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1. 阿姨累了。
2. 阿姨如果累了，工作干厌倦了就退休不干了。

中文词源

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。

英英释意

1. go into retirement; stop performing one's work or withdraw from one's position;: "He retired at age 68"

2. withdraw from active participation;: "He retired from chess"

3. pull back or move away or backward;: "The enemy withdrew"; "The limo pulled away from the curb"

4. move back and away from;: "The enemy fell back"

5. withdraw from circulation or from the market, as of bills, shares, and bonds

6. break from a meeting or gathering;: "We adjourned for lunch"; "The men retired to the library"

7. make (someone) retire;: "The director was retired after the scandal"

8. dispose of; as of old clothes;: "She finally retired that old coat"

9. lose interest;: "he retired from life when his wife died"

10. cause to be out on a fielding play

11. cause to retire;: "The pitcher retired three batters"; "the runner was put out at third base"

12. go to bed in order to sleep;: "I usually turn in at midnight"; "He turns out at the crack of dawn"

英文词源

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.

同义词辨析

retire, retreat, withdraw

这些动词均含"退下，退却"之意。

retire：指从公开或公共场合退下到私下场所，也指被免除职务或自动辞职、退役等。

retreat：含消极意味，多指被迫采取退下或退却的行动。

withdraw：侧重因某种原因而有意离开，常含礼貌、谦恭等理由。也指军队的撤退。

考试真题

The Big Three American carmakers—General Motors, Ford and Chrysler—accumulated ruinous costs over the post-war years, such as gold-plated health plans and pensions for workers who retired as young as 48.

Yes, people are retiring even in this economy.

Some people want to make and save a lot of money in order to retire early.

Everybody says, "Oh, I'd love to retire and get a country pub."

Morgan said last week that he would retire at the end of January because of the governor's proposal to split off six universities of the Board of Regents system and create separate governing boards for each of them.

A retired member of the Public and Commercial Services Union, she is setting up one of 1,100 action groups with the support of Climate Solidarity, a two-year environmental campaign aimed at trade unionists.

John Rother, the AARP's head of policy and strategy, points to studies showing that other things being equal, people who remain at work have lower death rates than their retired peers.

Instead, Harrogate has become a popular town for people to retire to.

It is an ideal place for people to retire to

Sylvia and Paul Custerson, a retired couple from Cambridge, England, recently took a 16-day vacation to Namibia, where they went on bird-watching excursions.

Design programs targeted at retired couples

The more we'll hear is don't retire.

A retired engineer, 76-year-old Wilson has been offering free rides to college students for the past eight years.

As a retired ear doctor, I heartily recommend TV ears to people with normal hearing as well as those with hearing loss.

At age 68, he retired from the post office, but he never stopped serving the community.

Before people retire, they usually plan to do a lot of great things, which they never had time to do while working.

Jim has retired, but he still remembers the happy time spent with his students.

Picking up her "lifetime achievement" award, proud Irene declared she had no plans to retire from her 36-year-old business.

You know, she retired last year and I'm leaving for the university soon.

实用场景例句

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。

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。

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。

I retired late that evening.: 那天晚上我睡得晚。

He retired twelve batters in a row.: 他一连使十二个击球手出局。

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。

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。

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。

The jury will retire to consider its verdict today.: 陪审团今天将退庭商议裁决结果。

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。

Finally conducted online clothing store systems development, review and summation.: 最后进行了网上服装商店系统开发后的回顾与总结.

You will allow us to retire.: 请允许我们告退.

They had decided to retire from farming.: 他们决定不再务农.

Your father is still in his prime ; why should he be so eager to retire?: 尊大人精神正旺, 何以就这般急流勇退?

The officer ordered the troop to retire from the action.: 军官下令将部队撤出战斗.

People who retire on fixed incomes have the greatest difficulty with rising prices.: 靠固定退休金生活的人最难以应付的是不断上涨的物价.

The soldiers received orders to retire from the positions that they had just won.: 士兵们接到命令从他们刚刚占领的阵地上撤退.

I'm afraid I have quite a disinclination to retire on a pension.: 恐怕我很不愿意领养老金退休.

She jokingly replied, " I'm here to meet a rich husband, get married, have a couple of children, and then retire and travel.: ”她开玩笑地回答说: “ 我要在此遇到一个有钱的丈夫, 结婚, 生几个孩子, 然后退休,去旅游.

Next year his father will retire and take things easy.: 明年他父亲就要退休而过闲适的生活了.

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