step down
英 [step daʊn]
美 [step daʊn]
辞职; 下台; 让位
柯林斯词典
- PHRASAL VERB 辞职;下台;让位
If someonesteps downorsteps aside, they resign from an important job or position, often in order to let someone else take their place.- Judge Ito said that if his wife was called as a witness, he would step down as trial judge...
伊藤法官说,如果他的妻子被传作证,他将不再担任初审法官。 - Many would prefer to see him step aside in favour of a younger man.
很多人更希望看到他下台,以让位给更年轻的人。
- Judge Ito said that if his wife was called as a witness, he would step down as trial judge...
英英释义
verb
- reduce the level or intensity or size or scope of
- de-escalate a crisis
- give up or retire from a position
- The Secretary of the Navy will leave office next month
- The chairman resigned over the financial scandal
双语例句
- If he had an ounce of shame, he would immediately step down.
如果此人还有一点点羞耻之心的话,他就会立即辞职。 - The reactionaries will never, of their own accord, step down from the stage of history.
反动派决不会自行退出历史舞台。 - His forceful argument soon made the opposing speaker step down.
他有力的论点很快就使对方的发言者认输了。 - I hung in the wind a moment before asking leave to step down.
我踌躇了一会儿,还是请求辞职。 - Do you think she's going to step down from that?
你难道以为她就这么善罢甘休了? - First, Europe has already taken a step down the road to debt restructuring.
首先,欧洲已经朝债务重组迈出了一步。 - He has decided that he doesn't want to embarrass the movement and will therefore step down
他已拿定主意:他不想令运动陷入困窘的境地,因此决心辞职。 - Judge Ito said that if his wife was called as a witness, he would step down as trial judge
伊藤法官说,如果他的妻子被传作证,他将不再担任初审法官。 - Would you step down and point him out to us?
你能把他指给我们看吗? - This means that in emergency situations or sudden deceleration, the transmission can quickly step down to LOW gear.
这意味着在紧急情况或突然减速时变速器能够快速的降到低齿轮。