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

• If one of the machines has crashed, the arbiter will make that machine stand down.
  如果其中一个机器崩溃，仲裁程序将让该机器暂时停止活动。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Tell your men to stand down!
  叫你的人站着别动！
• I recommended that Schlesinger stand down the alert starting at midnight.
  我建议施莱辛格暂时停止昨天午夜开始的戒备措施。
• If you want this job, I'll stand down.
  如果你想得到这工作，我愿意退让。
• 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。