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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Most already know of this and are considering how they will bow out.
  大多数（黑暗势力）已经知道这些并也正在考虑他们将怎样退出舞台。
• 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。
• 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。
• It's child's play: look, my left hand fingers the strings, my right hand scrapes away at them with the bow, and out comes a merry noise, tralala.
  这是小孩子的玩意，看，我左手指按着琴弦，我右手指拉着琴弓，美妙的音乐就出来了。
• Vergil: it's time for the clown to bow out, arkham.
  维吉尔：是小丑该滚蛋的时间了，雅克罕姆。
• Research by the University of California in San Francisco found people with difficulty saying no are more likely to experience stress. While unpleasant, sometimes the healthiest thing you can do is bow out gracefully and avoid overextending yourself.
  位于旧金山的加利福尼亚大学发表的研究表明，拒绝更容易带来紧张。虽然拒绝别人不是件愉快的事情，但有时最健康的做法就是礼貌地回绝，避免操劳过度。
• 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？