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

• Back in the bow he laid the two fillets of fish out on the wood with the flying fish beside them.
  回到船头后，他把两爿鱼肉摊在船板上，旁边搁着飞鱼。
• Arguments about politics and religion never have a right answer but they definitely get people all riled up over things they can't control. When such topics surface, bow out by saying something like: Thinking about that stuff makes my head hurt.
  有关政治和宗教的话题永远没有正确答案，但却会让人心浮气躁，难以掌控谈话的局面。如果出现了这样的话题，就可以用一句想到这些事情我就头疼，礼貌地退出讨论。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• She has no plans to bow out of politics just yet.
  她还没有打算退出政坛。
• 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。
• The empress dawagers refused to bow out of power circle.
  慈禧太后不肯退出权力圈。
• They bow in silence, then move out a side door across a dark courtyard and into a smaller temple, barely lit by one oil lamp and perfumed with incense. I follow them.
  她们静静地鞠躬，而后从侧门穿过黑暗的庭院，走进小寺庙，庙里只点一盏煤油灯，薰香弥漫。