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单词 retire
释义

retireverb

uk/rɪˈtaɪər/us/rɪˈtaɪr/

retire verb (STOP WORKING)

B1 [ I ] to leave your job or stop working because of old age or ill health:

Since retiring from the company, she has done voluntary work for a charity.
He is due to retire as chief executive next year.

[ I ] to stop taking part in a race or competition because of illness or injury:

She retired from the competition after pulling a leg muscle.

[ T often passive ] to make someone leave their job, usually at a time when they are near to the age at which theywould normally stop working, or because of illness:

Following the merger, he was retired with a generous pension.

More examples

  • He is planning to retire from politics next year.
  • Most female models have to retire around the age of 25, whereas a well-preserved man can go on working into his forties.
  • He'll get £50 000 from the company when he retires, which is a tidy sum.
  • She became Emeritus Professor of Linguistics when she retired.
  • He now thinks that retiring early was a stupid thing to do.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Retiring & resigning

  • abdicate
  • attrition
  • bow 1
  • bow out
  • chuck
  • chuck sth in
  • demit
  • drop
  • golden parachute
  • leave the field open for sb idiom
  • natural wastage
  • outgoing
  • pension sb off
  • retiring
  • serve
  • serve sth out
  • stand aside
  • stand down
  • step
  • throw

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Winning, losing & scoring in sport
Firing staff

retire verb (LEAVE A PLACE)

[ I ] formal to leave a room or group of people and go somewhere quiet or private:

After dinner our host said, "Shall we retire to the drawing room?"

[ I ] formal or old-fashioned to go to bed:

It had been a long day, so I retired early.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Departing

  • abandon
  • absquatulate
  • backward
  • be ready to roll idiom
  • bog
  • desertion
  • drive
  • go down
  • hit
  • piss
  • push along
  • push off
  • ready
  • road
  • run
  • run away
  • sally
  • walk off (somewhere)
  • walk out
  • without (so much as) a backward glance idiom

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Animal physiology: sleep & sleeping

Idiom(s)

retire a number
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