bow out

英 [baʊ aʊt]

美 [baʊ aʊt]

退出

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 退出
  If youbow outof something, you stop taking part in it.
  1. He had bowed out gracefully when his successor had been appointed.
     他在继任者被任命后体面地引退了。

英英释义

verb

• retire gracefully
  1. He bowed out when he realized he could no longer handle the demands of the chairmanship
  Synonym:withdraw
• remove oneself from an obligation
  1. He bowed out when he heard how much work was involved
  Synonym:chicken outback offpull outback down

双语例句

• If you know the crowd is planning something you disagree with, have the courage to bow out politely.
  如果你知道大家正在计划一件你不赞成的事情，鼓起勇气礼貌地退出。
• The empress dawagers refused to bow out of power circle.
  慈禧太后不肯退出权力圈。
• Is it now time for the company to bow out of its chipset business, too?
  那么，该公司现在退出芯片业务是否正当其时呢？
• And, of course, we were sorry to see our good friend Andy bow out against Murray.
  当然，好哥们罗迪克输给穆雷了我们也挺难过的。
• While the movie was being filmed, the star got sick and had to bow out.
  电影正拍摄时，这位明星病了，不得不放弃拍摄。
• We will never bow down to an idol made out of a block of wood.
  我们不会对用木头造的偶象鞠躬。
• The World Cup's toughest security headache may be a surprise visit by President Barack Obama, South Africa's police chief said Friday, joking that he secretly hoped the US side would bow out early.
  南非警察部门负责人于上周五表示，世界杯最艰巨的安保任务可能会是美国总统贝拉克奥巴马的突然来访，他开玩笑说自己暗暗希望美国队能早早淘汰。
• Mr. Smith held different views form his partners, finally he had to bow out of the Company management.
  史密斯先生与同我人意见不一致，最后不得已退出了公司管理层。
• The current season of Raising Hope will be its last one, FOX announced. The network says the comedy will bow out with a one-hour series finale on April 4.
  现在正在播出的《家有喜旺》第四季将会是该剧的最后一季了。FOX宣布，砍掉这部正喜剧，并且将在4月4日播出的最后一集制作成1小时的特别集。
• The old woman gave her grandson a bow and arrow, and he went out and killed a small bird for them to eat.
  老人给孙子一张弓和一只箭，孙子外出猎回一只小鸟供他们食用。