stand down
英 [ˈstænd daʊn]
美 [ˈstænd daʊn]
（从要职上）退下，下台（让位给他人）
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.- 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。 - 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。
- Four days later, the despised leader finally stood down, just 17 days after taking office...
双语例句
- 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 enemy will not attack during daylight so I have told the defenders to stand down.
敌人不会在白天进攻，因此我已告诉防御者们解除警戒。 - 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。 - 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 stand down and let me think, is what we do.
暂时先让我想一下该怎么做。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - It was his own choice to announce his intention to stand down before the next election.
宣布打算在下次大选前离职，是他自己的选择。