stand down

英 [ˈstænd daʊn]

美 [ˈstænd daʊn]

（从要职上）退下，下台（让位给他人）

法律

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.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。

双语例句

• He was forced to stand down as the team captain.
  他被迫退下队长的职位。
• We need an outside arbiter to ask one of the machines to stand down.
  我们需要一个外部仲裁程序来要求其中一个节点暂时停止活动。
• Stand down until I give you order.
  听我的命令再动手。
• 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。
• '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。
• 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。
• The present leaders have to decide whether to stand down and hand over to a younger generation
  现任领导层必须决定是否应退居二线，把重任移交给更为年轻的一代。
• So I can stand down without intermission only.
  所以我只能不停地走下去。
• When I gave you a direct order to stand down.
  当我直接命令你停止的时候。
• 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。