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

• Schools and religious organisations say the crackdown is pushing American volunteers with signing authority over accounts to stand down.
  学校和宗教组织表示，此项打击政策已经使得很多签署了授权账户的美国志愿者辞了工作。
• I've already instructed my guard to stand down.
  我已经叫我的保镖退下了。
• Stand down until I give you order.
  听我的命令再动手。
• '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。
• 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。
• 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？
• 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。
• And I need you to order your troops to stand down.
  我还要你命令你的人保持克制。
• 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。
• 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。