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双解例句
小知识
If you stop working by choice and leave your position or occupation, you retire. If you are lucky, you can retire early in order to sail around the world, but most people can't retire until they are old enough to collect retirement benefits.
If you go to bed in the evening, you retire. If your younger siblings are being loud and obnoxious, you can retire to the basement to get some privacy and quiet. If something is withdrawn from circulation, it can also be retired. When a beloved player leaves a sports team, often the number assigned to him or her is retired and no one else can use that number.
实用短语
常用短语
单词用法
retire:指从公开或公共场合退下到私下场所,也指被免除职务或自动辞职、退役等。
retreat:含消极意味,多指被迫采取退下或退却的行动。
withdraw:侧重因某种原因而有意离开,常含礼貌、谦恭等理由。也指军队的撤退。
词根词缀
词根: tir
=draw,表示”拉”
adj.
entire 完全的,全部的,完整的en全部+tir拉+e→拉进去,不遗留
retired 退役的retire[v.退休,引退;退却,撤退;就寝]+ed……的→adj.退役的 v.退休
adv.
entirely 完全地, 全然地, 一概地entire[adj.完全的,全部的,完整的]+ly表副词→adv.完全地, 全然地, 一概地
n.
attire 衣服at强调动作+tir拉+e→把衣服拉直→打扮
tirade 长篇的攻击性演说tir拉+ade表名词→把[话]拉长
v.
attire 穿着,装扮at强调动作+tir拉+e→把衣服拉直→打扮
retire 退休,引退;退却,撤退;就寝re回+tir拉+e→拉回去,退休
retired 退休retire[v.退休,引退;退却,撤退;就寝]+ed……的→adj.退役的 v.退休
同义词辨析
同义词
abdicate / relinquish / quit / vacate / resign
同根词
词根:retire
adj.retired退休的;退役的;幽闭的
retiring退休的;不善社交的;过隐居生活的
n.retirement退休,退役
v.retired退休(retire的过去分词)
retiring退休(retire的ing形式)