retire

单词辨析:

retire evacuate retreat withdraw 【导航词义:撤退;离开】
retire v. 退出,退休; [正式]离开
〔辨析〕

指退职、退役、退休、因伤退出比赛等;也指离开去某个僻静之处。

〔例证〕

He has no plans to retire as chief editor of the magazine.

他还不打算从杂志总编辑的位置上退下来。

She retired from teaching at 65.

她65岁从教师岗位上退休。

He retired to his room to call her.

他躲进自己的房间给她打电话。

He had to retire with a knee injury in the first half.

他上半场因膝部受伤只得退赛。

evacuate v. 撤出,撤离
〔辨析〕

指把人从危险地区疏散、撤空。

〔例证〕

The villagers were evacuated because of flood.

因为洪水泛滥,村民们被全部撤离。

The soldiers were evacuated from the front.

士兵们全部从前线撤退。

retreat v. 撤退,退却;隐退
〔辨析〕

多指因处境危险或被打败而退却,尤指军队撤退,也指避开某人或某物,或从一个地方移到另一个安静的私人场所,常含被迫、不情愿之意。

〔例证〕

They missed the opportunity to attack and had to retreat.

他们错失了进攻时机,只得撤退。

He retreated when he saw her.

他一看到她就躲开了。

She has no choice but to retreat from public life.

她别无选择,只能退出公众生活。

The defeated soldiers had to retreat from the battle.

溃败的士兵只得撤出战斗。

Napoleon's troops had to retreat from Moscow.

拿破仑的部队只得从莫斯科撤退。

withdraw v. 撤退;退出
〔辨析〕

指让部队等撤离某处,或指某人退出活动、组织等,侧重因某种原因而有意或被迫撤退、离开。

〔例证〕

The commander refused to withdraw his troops.

指挥官拒不撤回部队。

The peacekeeping forces were forced to withdraw.

维和部队被迫撤走了。

A bad cold forced him to withdraw from the swimming competition.

重感冒迫使她退出了游泳比赛。

The public protested against the country's decision to withdraw from the European Union.

公众对该国政府的决定提出抗议,反对退出欧盟。

相关例句:

Henry's company asked him to retire early but he was able to pay off his mortgage with the golden handshake they gave him.

亨利的公司要他提前退休,不过他能够用他们付给他的退休金归还抵押贷款。

Your father is still in his prime: why should he be so eager to retire?

尊大人精神正旺,何以就这般急流勇退?(《儒林外史》)

The jury will retire to consider its verdict today.

陪审团今天将退庭商议裁决结果。

Replete, guests can then retire to the modern conservatory for coffee.

吃饱喝足后,宾客们可以到现代化的暖房里享受一杯咖啡。

The two leaders will retire to Camp David for informal discussions.

两位领导人将到戴维营进行非正式讨论。

It's about time for me to retire anyway.

反正也到了我该退休的时候了。