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

• 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。
• He wouldn't offer to bow out.
  他并没有退出之意。
• 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。
• While the movie was being filmed, the star got sick and had to bow out.
  电影正拍摄时，这位明星病了，不得不放弃拍摄。
• The old leader decided to bow out.
  那个老领导决定退出。
• 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。
• She has no plans to bow out of politics just yet.
  她还没有打算退出政坛。
• The current season of Raising Hope will be its last one, FOX announced. The network says the comedy will bow out with a one-hour series finale on April 4.
  现在正在播出的《家有喜旺》第四季将会是该剧的最后一季了。FOX宣布，砍掉这部正喜剧，并且将在4月4日播出的最后一集制作成1小时的特别集。
• 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。
• This paper elaborates from a cultural perspective bow these characteristics were evolved into new shape out of the native culture while extensively assimilating alien culture.
  本文从文化角度阐述了白族建筑特色怎样植根于本土文化沃土，广泛吸收外来文化并经创新而形成。