stand down
英 [ˈstænd daʊn]
美 [ˈstænd daʊn]
(从要职上)退下,下台(让位给他人)
柯林斯词典
- PHRASAL VERB (从重要职位上)退下,下台(常为了让位给别人)
If someonestands down, they resign from an important job or position, often in order to let someone else take their place.- Four days later, the despised leader finally stood down, just 17 days after taking office...
4天后,这位遭到鄙视的领导人终于下台了,离他就职只有 17 天。 - Profits plunged and he stood down as chairman last January.
因利润骤降,他作为董事长于去年 1 月辞职了。
- Four days later, the despised leader finally stood down, just 17 days after taking office...
双语例句
- Then take the mountaineering trolley can stand down to Saul.
然后乘坐登山电车就可以下山到强罗站。 - The person concerned would be shown the evidence in private and invited to stand down
将会向有关人员私下出示该证据,并要求其暂时离开证人席。 - He was forced to stand down as the team captain.
他被迫退下队长的职位。 - I've already instructed my guard to stand down.
我已经叫我的保镖退下了。 - So I can stand down without intermission only.
所以我只能不停地走下去。 - Yesterday, the country saw its central bank governor stand down early.
昨日有消息称,该国央行行长将提前离职。 - He was ready to stand down so that his friend might be nominated for the post.
他准备退出竞选,以便使他的朋友被提名为这个职位的侯选人。 - Schools and religious organisations say the crackdown is pushing American volunteers with signing authority over accounts to stand down.
学校和宗教组织表示,此项打击政策已经使得很多签署了授权账户的美国志愿者辞了工作。 - It is time to put aside the stocks and stand down the firing squads.
是时候收起枷锁,让行刑队退下了。 - Japan's remarkable prime minister is about to stand down. Will his revolution last?
卓越的日本首相即将引退,他的革命将会继续?