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.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。

英英释义

verb

• reduce the level or intensity or size or scope of
  1. de-escalate a crisis
  Synonym:de-escalateweaken
• give up or retire from a position
  1. The Secretary of the Navy will leave office next month
  2. The chairman resigned over the financial scandal
  Synonym:leave officequitresign

双语例句

• He would be able to step down from the cross.
  他就可以从十字架上走下来。
• 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？
• Yemenis danced in the streets, set off fireworks and waved flags as Saleh finally agreed to step down.
  在总统萨利赫最终同意签署协议后，首都萨那成了庆祝的海洋，也门人民在街道上纵情舞蹈燃放焰火。萨利赫也成为也门历史上第四位被迫下台的领导人。
• 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。
• 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。
• And we'll use the evidence to get Logan to step down quietly.
  我们用这个证据让洛根自己安静下台。
• If the party secretary tells a lie, he should step down immediately.
  如果党秘书长说谎，他应该立刻下台。
• Data selection is the first step down the road of data-driven testing.
  数据选择是沿着数据驱动测试之路的第一步。
• His second option is to persuade Mr Putin to step down, or to sack him.
  梅的第二个选择是说服普京下台，或者解雇他，这将等于宫廷政变。