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

• 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。
• Arguments about politics and religion never have a right answer but they definitely get people all riled up over things they can't control. When such topics surface, bow out by saying something like: Thinking about that stuff makes my head hurt.
  有关政治和宗教的话题永远没有正确答案，但却会让人心浮气躁，难以掌控谈话的局面。如果出现了这样的话题，就可以用一句想到这些事情我就头疼，礼貌地退出讨论。
• Is it now time for the company to bow out of its chipset business, too?
  那么，该公司现在退出芯片业务是否正当其时呢？
• She has no plans to bow out of politics just yet.
  她还没有打算退出政坛。
• If you know the crowd is planning something you disagree with, have the courage to bow out politely.
  如果你知道大家正在计划一件你不赞成的事情，鼓起勇气礼貌地退出。
• And, of course, we were sorry to see our good friend Andy bow out against Murray.
  当然，好哥们罗迪克输给穆雷了我们也挺难过的。
• It's child's play: look, my left hand fingers the strings, my right hand scrapes away at them with the bow, and out comes a merry noise, tralala.
  这是小孩子的玩意，看，我左手指按着琴弦，我右手指拉着琴弓，美妙的音乐就出来了。
• Most already know of this and are considering how they will bow out.
  大多数（黑暗势力）已经知道这些并也正在考虑他们将怎样退出舞台。
• 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。
• 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。