stand aside

英 [stænd əˈsaɪd]

美 [stænd əˈsaɪd]

（从要职上）退下，下台（让位给他人）

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 不干预;不采取行动
  If youstand aside fromsomething, you allow it to happen without interfering in it or doing anything to prevent it.
  1. Ireland stood aside from this conflict...
     爱尔兰没有介入这次冲突。
  2. The key question was whether they would stand aside or would disrupt the elections.
     关键问题是他们会袖手旁观还是会扰乱选举。
• PHRASAL VERB (从重要职位上)退下，下台(常为了让位给别人)
  If someonestands aside, they resign from an important job or position, often in order to let someone else take their place.
  1. The President said he was willing to stand aside if that would stop the killing.
     总统说，如果他下台能让杀戮停止的话，他愿意这样做。

in AM, use 美国英语用 stand down

双语例句

• While we stand aside and look? Ooh!
  而我们只能晾在一旁，看著？喔！
• The cabinets where we hold our books all stand aside from the walls.
  我们放书的书柜全都独立于墙体。
• But it seems much more likely that, this time, the West will stand aside.
  但看起来更有可能的是，这次西方将袖手旁观。
• If he does not speak to you, step back and respectfully stand aside.
  如果他没有跟你开口说话，就恭敬的退立在一旁。
• Have no word with him if you are shy; stand aside by the door when you meet him.
  若是你害羞就不必和他说话，你迎接他的时候只须站在门边。
• But the bat was a coward, until the war began, constipation, not stand aside.
  可是蝙蝠是个胆小鬼，等到战争开始，便秘不露面，躲在一旁观战。
• He decided to stand aside.
  他决定站在人民一边。
• If the elder does not speak to us, we should respectfully stand aside.
  如果长辈没有说话，要退一边恭敬地站着。
• The secondary school cannot stand aside or neutral.
  中学不能袖手旁观或者中立。
• The key question was whether they would stand aside or would disrupt the elections.
  关键问题是他们会袖手旁观还是会扰乱选举。