retiring

英 [rɪˈtaɪərɪŋ]

美 [rɪˈtaɪərɪŋ]

adj.  不爱与人交往的
v.  (令)退职; (使)退休; (因伤)退出(比赛等); 离开(尤指去僻静处)
retire的现在分词

现在分词：retiring　

GRE

BNC.11443 / COCA.15443

牛津词典

adj.

• 不爱与人交往的
  preferring not to spend time with other people
  1. a quiet, retiring man
     话少而又腼腆的男子

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 不爱交际的;害羞的;孤僻的;离群索居的
  Someone who isretiringis shy and avoids meeting other people.
  1. I'm still that shy, retiring little girl who was afraid to ask for sweets in the shop.
     我仍然是那个羞怯孤僻，不敢在商店买糖果的小女孩。
• See also:retire

英英释义

adj

• reluctant to draw attention to yourself
  Synonym:reticentself-effacing
• not arrogant or presuming
  1. unassuming to a fault, skeptical about the value of his work
  2. a shy retiring girl
  Synonym:unassuming

双语例句

• My dreams of retiring to Aix-en-Provence are gone. Now I'll have to retire to Aix-en-Poughkeepsie.
  我退休后到法国普罗旺斯地区艾克斯（Aix-en-Provence）居住的梦想破灭了，现在我退休后只好去纽约州波基普西市艾克斯（Aix-en-Poughkeepsie）了。
• I'm still that shy, retiring little girl who was afraid to ask for sweets in the shop.
  我仍然是那个羞怯孤僻，不敢在商店买糖果的小女孩。
• My friend, who has served on the International Olympic Committee all his life, is retiring next month.
  我有位朋友，他一辈子服务于国际奥林匹克委员会，下个月就要退休了。
• On the last trip in his career before retiring, they met a group of gangsters.
  在父亲退休前的最后一次航行中，他们遇上了凶恶的歹徒。
• The greatest manager there has ever been, or ever will be in my book, is retiring.
  这位迄今为止最杰出的，在我看来，也是后人无法超越的经理，就要退休了。
• I'm retiring next month. They're putting me out to pasture.
  我下个月退休。他们要我养老去了。
• I went to the board this morning and told them I was retiring.
  今早我告诉董事会我要退休了。
• Before retiring two years ago, I taught mathematics and computer science in london.
  我退休两年了，在这之前一直在伦敦教授数学和计算机课。
• Mr Carter is retiring and we need a new director to fill his shoes.
  卡特先生要退休了，我们需要一位新经理接替他。
• You might already know, but I'll be retiring at the end of this month.
  你大概知道了吧，我这个月就要退休了。