| 单词 | retire |
| 释义 | retire (once / 70 pages) 1v 2v 3v 4v 5v 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. 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 If something is withdrawn from circulation, it can also be retired.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. WORD FAMILYretire: retired, retiree, retirement, retires, retiring+/retired: retiredly/retiree: retirees/retirement: retirements/retiring: retiringly USAGE EXAMPLESThat’s not exactly, “I want to be the quarterback of this team until I retire.” Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) My parents would like to retire and move near their granddaughter, but they fear that if they left he would commit suicide. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) But a news release said he would retire early this year. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1v withdraw from active participation He retired from chess Syn|Hypo|Hyper withdraw withdraw lose interest bow out, withdrawretire gracefully drop out withdraw from established society, especially because of disillusion with conventional values cease, discontinue, give up, lay off, quit, stop put an end to a state or an activity 2v go into retirement; stop performing one's work or withdraw from one's position He retired at age 68 Hypo|Hyper superannuate retire or become ineligible because of old age or infirmity bow out, withdrawretire gracefully leave office, quit, resign, step down give up or retire from a position 3v make (someone) retire The director was retired after the scandal Hypo|Hyper superannuate retire and pension (someone) because of age or physical inability can, dismiss, displace, fire, force out, give notice, give the axe, give the sack, sack, send away, terminate terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position 4v break from a meeting or gathering The men retired to the library Syn|Hypo|Hyper adjourn, withdraw seclude, sequester, sequestrate, withdraw keep away from others prorogue adjourn by royal prerogative; without dissolving the legislative body close, close down, close up, fold, shut down cease to operate or cause to cease operating 5v lose interest 2he retired from life when his wife died Syn|Hypo|Hyper withdraw withdraw withdraw from active participation back down, back off, bow out, chicken out, pull out remove oneself from an obligation resilepull out from an agreement, contract, statement, etc. fatigue, jade, pall, tire, weary lose interest or become bored with something or somebody v pull back or move away or backward 3Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper draw back, move back, pull away, pull back, recede, retreat, withdraw back away, back out, crawfish, crawfish out, pull back, pull in one's horns, retreat, withdraw make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity advance, go on, march on, move on, pass on, progress move forward, also in the metaphorical sense fall back move back and away from retreat, retrogrademove back back down, back off, back upmove backwards from a certain position ebb, ebb away, ebb down, ebb off, ebb outflow back or recede go, locomote, move, travel change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically v prepare for sleep 4Syn|Ant|Hypo bed, crawl in, go to bed, go to sleep, hit the hay, hit the sack, kip down, sack out, turn in arise, get up, rise, turn out, uprise get up and out of bed bed down, bunk down go to bed crash, doss, doss downsleep in a convenient place 1v dispose of (something no longer useful or needed) She finally retired that old coat Hyper cast aside, cast away, cast out, chuck out, discard, dispose, fling, put away, throw away, throw out, toss, toss away, toss out throw or cast away 2v withdraw from circulation or from the market, as of bills, shares, and bonds 5Hyper recall make unavailable; bar from sale or distribution 1v cause to be out on a fielding play Syn|Hyper put out diddle, fiddle, play, toy manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination 2v cause to get out The pitcher retired three batters Syn strike out |
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