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

• The World Cup's toughest security headache may be a surprise visit by President Barack Obama, South Africa's police chief said Friday, joking that he secretly hoped the US side would bow out early.
  南非警察部门负责人于上周五表示，世界杯最艰巨的安保任务可能会是美国总统贝拉克奥巴马的突然来访，他开玩笑说自己暗暗希望美国队能早早淘汰。
• The old woman gave her grandson a bow and arrow, and he went out and killed a small bird for them to eat.
  老人给孙子一张弓和一只箭，孙子外出猎回一只小鸟供他们食用。
• 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。
• The old leader decided to bow out.
  那个老领导决定退出。
• 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。
• We will never bow down to an idol made out of a block of wood.
  我们不会对用木头造的偶象鞠躬。
• 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。
• When leaving the presence of the princess, you have to bow yourself out as you go.
  辞别公主时，你必须躬身退出。
• The appraisal right is the statutory right of corporate shareholders who oppose fundamental changes of the corporate to have their shares judicially appraised and demand that the corporation buy back their shares at the appraised value, and then to bow out of the corporation.
  异议股东股份评估权是指对公司基础性变化持异议的股东请求公司以公平合理的评估价格买回其股份，从而退出公司的法定权利。
• A young man who learns two trades has a second string to his bow, so he is unlikely to be out if work for long.
  一个年轻人学会两种行业就有了两手准备，他就不大会长期失业。