retire
verb uk/rɪˈtaɪər/ us/rɪˈtaɪr/
(STOP WORKING)
B1 [ I ]退休;退职;退役
to leave your job or stop working because of old age or ill health
Since retiring from the company, she has done voluntary work for a charity. 从公司退休后，她就一直在为一家慈善机构做志愿工作。
He is due to retire as chief executive next year. 明年他就该从总裁职位上退下来了。
[ I ]（因伤病）退出（比赛）
to stop taking part in a race or competition because of illness or injury
She retired from the competition after pulling a leg muscle. 她因腿部肌肉拉伤退出了比赛。
[ T often passive ]（通常指在雇员接近退休年龄或生病时）使退职，辞退，使退休
to make someone leave their job, usually at a time when they are near to the age at which theywould normally stop working, or because of illness
Following the merger, he was retired with a generous pension. 在合并后，他拿了一笔丰厚的养老金后被辞退了。
- More examples
- He is planning to retire from politics next year.
- Most female models have to retire around the age of 25, whereas a well-preserved man can go on working into his forties.
- He'll get £50 000 from the company when he retires, which is a tidy sum.
- She became Emeritus Professor of Linguistics when she retired.
- He now thinks that retiring early was a stupid thing to do.
(LEAVE A PLACE)
[ I ] formal离开;退下;退出
to leave a room or group of people and go somewhere quiet or private
After dinner our host said, "Shall we retire to the drawing room?" 晚餐过后主人说道，“我们到休息室去好不好？”
[ I ] formal or old-fashioned就寝;上床睡觉
to go to bed
It had been a long day, so I retired early. 那天我工作了很长时间，所以早早便上床睡觉了。
Idiom
retire a numberidiom 不再使用（某个）球衣号码（作为献给曾经使用这个球衣号码的队员的荣誉）
If a sports team retires a number, it stops using the shirt number worn by a particular player when they stop playing, as a way of honouring them.