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

• So I can stand down without intermission only.
  所以我只能不停地走下去。
• We stand down and let me think, is what we do.
  暂时先让我想一下该怎么做。
• And I need you to order your troops to stand down.
  我还要你命令你的人保持克制。
• 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。
• We need an outside arbiter to ask one of the machines to stand down.
  我们需要一个外部仲裁程序来要求其中一个节点暂时停止活动。
• Then take the mountaineering trolley can stand down to Saul.
  然后乘坐登山电车就可以下山到强罗站。
• The present leaders have to decide whether to stand down and hand over to a younger generation
  现任领导层必须决定是否应退居二线，把重任移交给更为年轻的一代。
• 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。
• If one of the machines has crashed, the arbiter will make that machine stand down.
  如果其中一个机器崩溃，仲裁程序将让该机器暂时停止活动。
• When I gave you a direct order to stand down.
  当我直接命令你停止的时候。