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

• 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。
• '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。
• 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。
• He was forced to stand down as the team captain.
  他被迫退下队长的职位。
• Sg-1is on stand down until your next mission comes up.
  sg-1正在返航，你的下一个任务来了。
• 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。
• The person concerned would be shown the evidence in private and invited to stand down
  将会向有关人员私下出示该证据，并要求其暂时离开证人席。
• Yesterday, the country saw its central bank governor stand down early.
  昨日有消息称，该国央行行长将提前离职。
• When I gave you a direct order to stand down.
  当我直接命令你停止的时候。
• 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？