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

• While the movie was being filmed, the star got sick and had to bow out.
  电影正拍摄时，这位明星病了，不得不放弃拍摄。
• Back in the bow he laid the two fillets of fish out on the wood with the flying fish beside them.
  回到船头后，他把两爿鱼肉摊在船板上，旁边搁着飞鱼。
• He wouldn't offer to bow out.
  他并没有退出之意。
• She has no plans to bow out of politics just yet.
  她还没有打算退出政坛。
• 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。
• 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。
• When someone sees that, for example, you need a proposal in a timeframe they can't make, they will probably bow out, rather than leaving you hanging.
  当对方知道了这一点，比如你需要在一段时间内制定出解决方案，而他们无法完成，他们可能就会直接放弃，而不是让你继续等待。
• Mr. Smith held different views form his partners, finally he had to bow out of the Company management.
  史密斯先生与同我人意见不一致，最后不得已退出了公司管理层。
• 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。
• She has finally decided it's time to bow out of international tennis.
  她最终认定是退出世界网坛的时候了。