stand down
英 [ˈstænd daʊn]
美 [ˈstænd daʊn]
（从要职上）退下，下台（让位给他人）
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.- 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。 - 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。
- Four days later, the despised leader finally stood down, just 17 days after taking office...
双语例句
- The person concerned would be shown the evidence in private and invited to stand down
将会向有关人员私下出示该证据，并要求其暂时离开证人席。 - 'If that's all you know about it, you may stand down,'continued the King.
“如果你再没有别的补充，你可以退下去了。”国王宣布说。 - 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。 - So I can stand down without intermission only.
所以我只能不停地走下去。 - The enemy will not attack during daylight so I have told the defenders to stand down.
敌人不会在白天进攻，因此我已告诉防御者们解除警戒。 - 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。 - 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。 - Lyndon Johnson squandered his gifts and his landslide mandate on Vietnam and was forced to stand down.
林顿约翰逊把他的才能和占压倒多数的当选票，全都浪费在越南问题上了，最后被迫宣布退出总统竞。 - Stand down until I give you order.
听我的命令再动手。 - And I need you to order your troops to stand down.
我还要你命令你的人保持克制。