stand aside

英 [stænd əˈsaɪd]

美 [stænd əˈsaɪd]

（从要职上）退下，下台（让位给他人）

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 不干预;不采取行动
  If youstand aside fromsomething, you allow it to happen without interfering in it or doing anything to prevent it.
  1. Ireland stood aside from this conflict...
     爱尔兰没有介入这次冲突。
  2. The key question was whether they would stand aside or would disrupt the elections.
     关键问题是他们会袖手旁观还是会扰乱选举。
• PHRASAL VERB (从重要职位上)退下，下台(常为了让位给别人)
  If someonestands aside, they resign from an important job or position, often in order to let someone else take their place.
  1. The President said he was willing to stand aside if that would stop the killing.
     总统说，如果他下台能让杀戮停止的话，他愿意这样做。

in AM, use 美国英语用 stand down

双语例句

• When I'm eating once again, you can stand aside.
  我再吃时，你可以躲开。
• Don't stand aside and let others do all the work.
  不要什么都不干，事情都让别人做。
• He decided to stand aside in favour of a better man.
  他决定退出来把机会让给比自己强的人。
• Stand aside so the doctor can get through.
  往边上站一站，这样医生能走过去。
• The secondary school cannot stand aside or neutral.
  中学不能袖手旁观或者中立。
• But it seems much more likely that, this time, the West will stand aside.
  但看起来更有可能的是，这次西方将袖手旁观。
• If the elder does not speak to us, we should respectfully stand aside.
  如果长辈没有说话，要退一边恭敬地站着。
• The President said he was willing to stand aside if that would stop the killing.
  总统说，如果他下台能让杀戮停止的话，他愿意这样做。
• You can't just stand aside and watch your colleagues being treated like that!
  你不能看着你的同事以那样的对待而袖手旁观！
• This time Mr Greenspan did not just stand aside.
  这次格林斯潘没有袖手旁观。