retire
verb- [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）退职；（使）退休 He is retiring next year after 30 years with the company. 他在这家公司工作了30年，明年就要退休了。 The company's official retiring age is 65. 公司正式的退休年龄为 65 岁。 Lots of teachers like me expected to retire on a full pension. 像我这样的许多老师都希望靠全额退休金退休。 - retire from something
She was forced to retire early from teaching because of ill health. 她由于身体不好而被迫早早地从教学岗位上退休。 She retired from politics after her second term in office. 她在第二个任期后退出政坛。 - retire to something
My dream is to retire to a villa in France. 我的梦想是退休后在法国住上一栋别墅。 - retire as something
He has no plans to retire as editor of the magazine. 他还不打算从杂志主编的位子上退休。 - retire somebody
She was retired on medical grounds. 她由于健康原因被安排退休了。
Extra ExamplesTopics Life stagesb1, Jobsb1As for me, I am quite ready to retire. 至于我，我已做好了退休的准备。 He is hoping to retire early on medical grounds. 他希望以健康原因为由提前退休。 He recently retired as CEO of the company. 他最近从公司首席执行官的位置上退休了。 He recently retired as head teacher of their school. 他最近以校长的身分退休了。 I'm hoping to retire in about five years. 我希望大约 5 年后退休。 In a few years, I'll be eligible to retire. 再过几年我就可以退休了。 Most employees retire at 60. 大多数雇员 60 岁退休。 Mr McNeil is due to retire later this month. 麦克尼尔先生这个月晚些时候就该退休了。 She recently retired from teaching. 她最近从教师岗位上退休了。 She has decided to retire from international tennis. 她已决定从国际网坛退役。 He officially retired from the day-to-day operations of his company. 他正式退出了公司的日常经营。 She retired from the bank last year. 她去年从银行退休了。 She simply couldn't afford to retire at sixty. 她到 60 岁根本退不起休。 She's on course to retire quite comfortably by the time she's 55. 等她到了 55 岁就有可能过上非常舒适的退休生活。 a newly retired couple 刚退休的夫妇 He was medically retired at the age of 55. 他 55 岁时就办理病退了。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- early
- recently
- officially
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- be forced to
- be obliged to
- have to
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- as
- at
- from
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- newly retired
- recently retired
- be medically retired
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- [intransitive]
to stop competing during a game, race, etc., usually because you are injured （因伤）退出（比赛等） - retire (from something)
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。 - + adj.
He retired hurt in the first five minutes of the game. 比赛才开始五分钟，他就因伤退场。
- retire (from something)
- [intransitive] (formal)
to leave a place, especially to go somewhere quieter or more private 离开（尤指去僻静处） - [intransitive] (formal)
to move back from a battle in order to organize your soldiers in a different way 撤离，撤退（以进行休整） - [intransitive] (literary)
to go to bed 睡觉；就寝 - [transitive] retire somebody
to make a player or team have to stop their turn at batting 使（击球员、击球方）出局
from job工作
in sport体育运动
from/to a place地点
of army军队
go to bed睡觉
in baseball棒球
Word Originmid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘withdraw to a place of safety or seclusion’): from French retirer, from re- ‘back’ + tirer ‘draw’.