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retire 音标拼音: [rɪt'ɑɪr] [rit'ɑɪr] [r ,it'ɑɪɚ] n. 隐居,撤退号
vi. 引退,退役,退休,退隐,退去,撤退,退却,离开
vt. 撤退,辞退 隐居,撤退号引退,退役,退休,退隐,退去,撤退,退却,离开撤退,辞退 retire v 1: go into retirement; stop performing one' s work or withdraw from one' s position; " He retired at age 68" 2: withdraw from active participation; " He retired from chess" [ synonym: { retire}, { withdraw}] 3: pull back or move away or backward; " The enemy withdrew"; " The limo pulled away from the curb" [ synonym: { withdraw}, { retreat}, { pull away}, { draw back}, { recede}, { pull back}, { retire}, { move back}] [ ant: { advance}, { go on}, { march on}, { move on}, { pass on}, { progress}] 4: withdraw from circulation or from the market, as of bills, shares, and bonds 5: break from a meeting or gathering; " We adjourned for lunch"; " The men retired to the library" [ synonym: { adjourn}, { withdraw}, { retire}] 6: make ( someone) retire; " The director was retired after the scandal" 7: dispose of ( something no longer useful or needed); " She finally retired that old coat" 8: lose interest; " he retired from life when his wife died" [ synonym: { retire}, { withdraw}] 9: cause to be out on a fielding play [ synonym: { put out}, { retire}] 10: cause to get out; " The pitcher retired three batters"; " the runner was put out at third base" [ synonym: { retire}, { strike out}] 11: prepare for sleep; " I usually turn in at midnight"; " He goes to bed at the crack of dawn" [ synonym: { go to bed}, { turn in}, { bed}, { crawl in}, { kip down}, { hit the hay}, { hit the sack}, { sack out}, { go to sleep}, { retire}] [ ant: { arise}, { get up}, { rise}, { turn out}, { uprise}] Retire \ Re* tire"\, v. i. 1. To go back or return; to draw back or away; to keep aloof; to withdraw or retreat, as from observation; to go into privacy; as, to retire to his home; to retire from the world, or from notice. [ 1913 Webster] To Una back he cast him to retire. -- Spenser. [ 1913 Webster] The mind contracts herself, and shrinketh in, And to herself she gladly doth retire. -- Sir J. Davies. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To retreat from action or danger; to withdraw for safety or pleasure; as, to retire from battle. [ 1913 Webster] Set Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle, and retire ye from him, that he may be smitten, and die. -- 2 Sam. xi. 15. [ 1913 Webster] 3. To withdraw from a public station, or from business; as, having made a large fortune, he retired. [ 1913 Webster] And from Britannia' s public posts retire. -- Addison. [ 1913 Webster] 4. To recede; to fall or bend back; as, the shore of the sea retires in bays and gulfs. [ 1913 Webster] 5. To go to bed; as, he usually retires early. [ 1913 Webster] Syn: To withdraw; leave; depart; secede; recede; retreat; retrocede. [ 1913 Webster]
Retire \ Re* tire"\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Retired}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Retiring}.] [ F. retirer; pref. re- re- tirer to draw. See { Tirade}.] 1. To withdraw; to take away; -- sometimes used reflexively. [ 1913 Webster] He . . . retired himself, his wife, and children into a forest. -- Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster] As when the sun is present all the year, And never doth retire his golden ray. -- Sir J. Davies. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To withdraw from circulation, or from the market; to take up and pay; as, to retire bonds; to retire a note. [ 1913 Webster] 3. To cause to retire; specifically, to designate as no longer qualified for active service; to place on the retired list; as, to retire a military or naval officer. [ 1913 Webster]
Retire \ Re* tire"\, n. 1. The act of retiring, or the state of being retired; also, a place to which one retires. [ Obs.] [ 1913 Webster] The battle and the retire of the English succors. -- Bacon. [ 1913 Webster] [ Eve] discover' d soon the place of her retire. -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] 2. ( Mil.) A call sounded on a bugle, announcing to skirmishers that they are to retire, or fall back. [ 1913 Webster] 197 Moby Thesaurus words for " retire": abandon, abdicate, abscond, amortize, avoid the limelight, back down, back out, be pensioned, be superannuated, beat a retreat, bed, bed down, blush unseen, boot, bounce, bow out, bowl, break, bump, bust, can, cashier, clear, cop out, count sheep, cup, decline, deconsecrate, defrock, degrade, demit, demote, depart, deplume, depose, deprive, dethrone, die away, diminish, disappear, disbar, discharge, discrown, disemploy, disengage, disenthrone, dish, dismiss, displace, displume, doss down, draw back, draw off, drift away, drop, drum out, dwindle, ebb, evacuate, excommunicate, exit, expel, fade, fade away, fall back, fire, flop, forsake the world, furlough, get away, get off, give back, give ground, give place, give the ax, give the gate, give up, go, go away, go back, go beddy- bye, go into retirement, go night- night, go off, go to bed, go to sleep, hibernate, hit the hay, hit the sack, hollow, honor, incurve, junk, keep secret, kick, kick upstairs, kip, lay off, leave, let go, let out, lie down, lift, liquidate, live alone, live apart, live in retirement, make accounts square, make redundant, move away, move back, move off, oust, overthrow, pay in full, pay off, pay the bill, pay the shot, pay up, pension, pension off, pile in, pull away, pull back, pull out, purge, quit, read out of, recede, redeem, refuse comment, release, relinquish, remain incommunicado, remove, remove from office, renounce the throne, replace, resign, retire from office, retreat, retrocede, roll in, run along, run back, rusticate, sack, sack out, satisfy, scrap, separate forcibly, settle, shrink, shun companionship, sink, snooze, square, square accounts, stand aloof, stand aside, stand back, stand down, stand mute, stand off, stay at home, step aside, strike a balance, strip, strip of office, strip of rank, superannuate, surplus, surrender, suspend, take a nap, take forty winks, take it easy, take off, take the veil, take up, terminate, turn in, turn off, turn out, unchurch, unfrock, unsaddle, unseat, unthrone, vacate, vanish, wane, waste no words, widen the distance, withdraw, withdraw from, yield
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