stand down

英 [ˈstænd daʊn]

美 [ˈstænd daʊn]

（从要职上）退下，下台（让位给他人）

法律

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB (从重要职位上)退下，下台(常为了让位给别人)
  If someonestands down, they resign from an important job or position, often in order to let someone else take their place.
  1. Four days later, the despised leader finally stood down, just 17 days after taking office...
     4天后，这位遭到鄙视的领导人终于下台了，离他就职只有 17 天。
  2. Profits plunged and he stood down as chairman last January.
     因利润骤降，他作为董事长于去年 1 月辞职了。

双语例句

• Four days later, the despised leader finally stood down, just 17 days after taking office
  4天后，这位遭到鄙视的领导人终于下台了，离他就职只有17天。
• He was ready to stand down so that his friend might be nominated for the post.
  他准备退出竞选，以便使他的朋友被提名为这个职位的侯选人。
• 'If that's all you know about it, you may stand down,'continued the King.
  “如果你再没有别的补充，你可以退下去了。”国王宣布说。
• So I can stand down without intermission only.
  所以我只能不停地走下去。
• I recommended that Schlesinger stand down the alert starting at midnight.
  我建议施莱辛格暂时停止昨天午夜开始的戒备措施。
• It was his own choice to announce his intention to stand down before the next election.
  宣布打算在下次大选前离职，是他自己的选择。
• It is time to put aside the stocks and stand down the firing squads.
  是时候收起枷锁，让行刑队退下了。
• When I gave you a direct order to stand down.
  当我直接命令你停止的时候。
• I've already instructed my guard to stand down.
  我已经叫我的保镖退下了。
• Japan's remarkable prime minister is about to stand down. Will his revolution last?
  卓越的日本首相即将引退，他的革命将会继续？