retire

vi. 退休；撤退；退却

vt. 退休；离开；收回

n. 退休；退隐；退兵信号

vi.

退休；撤退；后退，退却；

vt.

退休，退隐；使撤退；收回；

n.

退休；退隐；退兵信号；

变形

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

双语释义

vt. & vi. (使)退休; 退下; 撤退 (cause to) stop working at one's job, profession, etc.; go away to a quiet or less control place; move back intentionally, without being forced to

vi. 就寝 go to bed

英英释义

retire[ ri'taiə ]

v.

go into retirement; stop performing one's work or withdraw from one's position

"He retired at age 68"

withdraw from active participation

"He retired from chess"

同义词：withdraw

pull back or move away or backward

同义词：withdrawretreatpull awaydraw backrecedepull backmove back

move back and away from

同义词：recedefall back

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

break from a meeting or gathering

"The men retired to the library"

同义词：adjournwithdraw

make (someone) retire

"The director was retired after the scandal"

dispose of; as of old clothes

"She finally retired that old coat"

同义词：pension off

lose interest

"he retired from life when his wife died"

同义词：withdraw

cause to be out on a fielding play

同义词：put out

cause to retire

"The pitcher retired three batters"

同义词：strike out

prepare for sleep

同义词：go to bedturn inbedcrawl inkip downhit the hayhit the sacksack outgo to sleep

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)

～+副词

retire early提早退休

retire cautiously小心地撤退

retire compulsorily强迫退休

retire decently光荣退休

retire forcedly强迫退休

retire modestly慎重地撤退

retire timidly胆小地撤退

retire unwillingly不情愿地退休

retire voluntarily自愿退休

retire back stage退居幕后

～+介词

retire from从…退休

retire from one's job退休

retire from the service辞职,退役

retire on old age因年老而退休

retire on a pension退休领养老金

retire to就寝,退到…

retire to one's room回到屋里

retire to safer positions撤回到较安全的阵地

retire under the age of在…年纪退休

词组短语

retire from从……退休

retire into oneself退隐，沉默；(沉湎于自己的思想而)离群索居

同近义词辨析

这组词都有“退下、退却”的意思，其区别是：

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。

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。

双语例句

用作动词(v.)

My father retired at the age of 60.
我父亲六十岁时退休了。

The old worker decided to retire to the country.
那们老工人决定退休后搬到乡下去。

Our forces retired to prepared positions.
我们的部队撤退到既设阵地上。

After lunch he retired to his study.
他午饭后就到书房去了。

I decided to retire early with a book.
我决定带本书早点就寝。

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。

Companies may retire their bonds payable before maturity.
企业可以在债券到期之前赎回他们的应付债券。

权威例句

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.

1. When I retire， I shall make my home in the country.

退休后我将在乡间安家。

《新英汉大辞典》

2. How do you plan to change your lifestyle when you retire?

当你退休时，你想如何改变你的生活方式？

3. How could I have divined that he would wish to retire so soon?

我怎能猜到他会愿意这么快就退休呢?

《21世纪大英汉词典》

4. You wanna retire, or you get promoted.

你想退休，或者你得到了晋升。

5. At some point in your life, whether it is after college or when you retire, everyone should take some extended trip outside of their own country.

在你一生中的某个时刻，不论是在大学毕业之后或是等到退休，经历一下那种走出自己国家的旅行总是好的。

6. On the day you retire, you should sleep in.

到退休那天，你应该睡个懒觉。

7. I am exactly where I want to be and have no plans to ever retire.

我现在就在成为我想成为的人，我也从来没有过退休的计划。

8. "They may kick me out, but I have no plans to retire," he said.

他们可以把我赶出去,但我可没有退休的计划.

9. When a man falls into his anecdotage it is a sign for him to retire from the world.

当一个人陷入自己轶事的追忆之中时，那就是他从这个世界退休的迹象。

10. I could retire today.

我今天就能退休。

11. "He has worked so hard that people think he should now retire, " he said.

他说：“比亚工作非常努力，以至于人们认为他现在应该退休了。

12. How are they doing business-wise? Are they about to retire?

他们是怎么做成每笔生意的？他们准备退休吗？

13. Everything in our society teaches us to use our talents for ourselves – make a lot of money, retire, be comfortable and die.

我们社会教导我们使用自己的天赋只是为了我们自己——赚很多钱、退休、过得舒适然后死去。

14. Older people who would like to retire and would do so if they could afford it should get some help.

如果他们能够担负得起，老人当然愿意退休，他们应该得到一些帮助。

15. There’s no plan: If your adviser can’t explain how he intends to make sure you can retire at 65, there’s a problem.

没有具体计划 ——如果你的理财顾问自己都不能向你解释为什么你要在65岁退休。 那么，这肯定出问题了。

16. On the day you retire, you should still have money invested for the long term.

到退休那天，你仍应该拥有用于长期投资的资金。

17. While 64% think the monarch should retire, only 31% do not.

64%的人认为君主应该退休，只有31%的人表示反对。

18. All Supreme Court justices serve on the Court for life unless they resign, retire, or are removed by Congress.

所有的最高法院大法官会一直工作到去世为止除非他们辞职，退休，或被国会罢免。

19. As the note explains, “Mr. Hoover planned to retire in 1935 and publish his reminiscences.

注解解释说，“胡佛先生计划在1935年退休并出版自己的回忆录。

20. As the note explains, “Mr. Hoover planned to retire in 1935 and publish his reminiscences.

注解解释说，“胡佛先生计划在1935年退休并出版自己的回忆录。