
retire 的用法及短语
一、基本含义
retire 作为动词,其基本含义是“退休;退职”。它通常用于描述某人从长期从事的职业或工作中正式退出,进入一种较为休闲的生活状态。
二、详细用法
表示退休
- I plan to retire next year when I reach the age of sixty-five. (我打算明年满六十五岁时退休。)
- He retired from teaching after thirty years in the classroom. (他在教室里教了三十年书后退休了。)
表示撤退、隐退
- The general decided to retire his troops and regroup. (将军决定让部队撤退并重新集结。)
- After a long career in politics, she chose to retire from public life. (在漫长的政治生涯之后,她选择退出公众生活。)
表示收回(意见、声明等)
- The company has retired its previous statement about the safety of the product. (该公司已收回了之前关于产品安全性的声明。)
- In light of new evidence, he was forced to retire his original theory. (鉴于新的证据,他不得不放弃原来的理论。)
其他引申含义
- 在某些语境中,retire 还可以表示“使(球员)下场休息”、“(鸟等)栖息”等意思。例如:The coach decided to retire the injured player for the rest of the game.(教练决定让受伤的球员在接下来的比赛中下场休息。)
三、常用短语
retire from 从……退休/退职
- She retired from the army with honors. (她以荣誉身份从军队退役。)
retire into 隐居到;退回到
- After selling his business, he retired into the countryside to live a quiet life. (卖掉生意后,他到乡下隐居,过着平静的生活。)
retire on/upon 依靠……为生(尤指养老金)
- He plans to retire on his pension. (他打算靠养老金生活。)
call it a day/night and retire 结束一天/晚上的工作并休息
- It's been a long day. Let's call it a day and retire for the night. (今天真是漫长的一天。让我们结束工作,早点休息吧。)
retire (someone) to the bench (在运动中)让(某运动员)下场休息
- The coach retired him to the bench for the last quarter of the game. (教练让他在比赛的最后一节下场休息。)
四、注意事项
- 在使用 retire 时,要注意其上下文语境和搭配,以确保准确表达意思。
- retire 是一个及物动词,后面通常需要接宾语,但在某些固定短语中可以省略宾语。
- 在不同的领域和行业中,retire 可能具有特定的含义和用法,因此在使用时要结合具体情况进行理解。
