retire

verb

/rɪˈtaɪə(r)/

/rɪˈtaɪər/

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they retire	/rɪˈtaɪə(r)/ /rɪˈtaɪər/
he / she / it retires	/rɪˈtaɪəz/ /rɪˈtaɪərz/
past simple retired	/rɪˈtaɪəd/ /rɪˈtaɪərd/
past participle retired	/rɪˈtaɪəd/ /rɪˈtaɪərd/
-ing form retiring	/rɪˈtaɪərɪŋ/ /rɪˈtaɪərɪŋ/

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from job工作

[intransitive, transitive] to leave your job and stop working, especially because you have reached a particular age or because you are ill; to tell somebody they must stop doing their job（令）退職；（使）退休

He is retiring next year after 30 years with the company.他在這家公司工作了30年，明年就要退休了。
The company's official retiring age is 65.公司正式的退休年齡爲 65 歲。
Lots of teachers like me expected to retire on a full pension.像我這樣的許多老師都希望靠全額退休金退休。
retire from something She was forced to retire early from teaching because of ill health.她由於身體不好而被迫早早地從教學崗位上退休。
She retired from politics after her second term in office. 她在第二個任期後退出政壇。
retire to something My dream is to retire to a villa in France.我的夢想是退休後在法國住上一棟别墅。
retire as something He has no plans to retire as editor of the magazine.他還不打算從雜志主編的位子上退休。
retire somebody She was retired on medical grounds.她由於健康原因被安排退休了。

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As for me, I am quite ready to retire.至於我，我已做好了退休的準備。
He is hoping to retire early on medical grounds.他希望以健康原因爲由提前退休。
He recently retired as CEO of the company.他最近從公司首席執行官的位置上退休了。
He recently retired as head teacher of their school.他最近以校長的身分退休了。
I'm hoping to retire in about five years.我希望大約 5 年後退休。
In a few years, I'll be eligible to retire.再過幾年我就可以退休了。
Most employees retire at 60.大多數僱員 60 歲退休。
Mr McNeil is due to retire later this month.麥克尼爾先生這個月晚些時候就該退休了。
She recently retired from teaching.她最近從教師崗位上退休了。
She has decided to retire from international tennis.她已決定從國際網壇退役。
He officially retired from the day-to-day operations of his company.他正式退出了公司的日常經營。
She retired from the bank last year.她去年從銀行退休了。
She simply couldn't afford to retire at sixty.她到 60 歲根本退不起休。
She's on course to retire quite comfortably by the time she's 55.等她到了 55 歲就有可能過上非常舒適的退休生活。
a newly retired couple剛退休的夫婦
He was medically retired at the age of 55.他 55 歲時就辦理病退了。

Topics Life stagesb1, Jobsb1

Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb

early
recently
officially
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verb + retire

be forced to
be obliged to
have to
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preposition

as
at
from
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phrases

newly retired
recently retired
be medically retired
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in sport體育運動

[intransitive] to stop competing during a game, race, etc., usually because you are injured（因傷）退出（比賽等）

retire (from something) She fell badly, spraining her ankle, and had to retire.她摔得很重，扭傷了腳踝，只好退出比賽。
+ adj. He retired hurt in the first five minutes of the game.比賽才開始五分鐘，他就因傷退場。