step down

英 [step daʊn]

美 [step daʊn]

辞职; 下台; 让位

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 辞职;下台;让位
  If someonesteps downorsteps aside, they resign from an important job or position, often in order to let someone else take their place.
  1. Judge Ito said that if his wife was called as a witness, he would step down as trial judge...
     伊藤法官说，如果他的妻子被传作证，他将不再担任初审法官。
  2. Many would prefer to see him step aside in favour of a younger man.
     很多人更希望看到他下台，以让位给更年轻的人。

英英释义

verb

• reduce the level or intensity or size or scope of
  1. de-escalate a crisis
  Synonym:de-escalateweaken
• give up or retire from a position
  1. The Secretary of the Navy will leave office next month
  2. The chairman resigned over the financial scandal
  Synonym:leave officequitresign

双语例句

• China and Russia have stood side by side in opposing efforts to force Mr Assad to step down.
  中国和俄罗斯曾并肩反对国际社会迫使阿萨德下台的努力。
• Data selection is the first step down the road of data-driven testing.
  数据选择是沿着数据驱动测试之路的第一步。
• This means that in emergency situations or sudden deceleration, the transmission can quickly step down to LOW gear.
  这意味着在紧急情况或突然减速时变速器能够快速的降到低齿轮。
• I hung in the wind a moment before asking leave to step down.
  我踌躇了一会儿，还是请求辞职。
• After the bind(), it can step down ( using setuid()) to run as the instance user.
  在bind（）之后，服务器可以降级（使用setuid（））为作为实例用户运行。
• The president need not step down so long as the elections are held under international supervision.
  只要选举在国际监督下进行，总统就不用下台。
• Clarence Crump and his interim committee, their task completed, wanted to step down.
  克莱伦斯克朗普和他的临时委员会的工作结束了，他们打算辞职。
• And we'll use the evidence to get Logan to step down quietly.
  我们用这个证据让洛根自己安静下台。
• First, Europe has already taken a step down the road to debt restructuring.
  首先，欧洲已经朝债务重组迈出了一步。
• If the party secretary tells a lie, he should step down immediately.
  如果党秘书长说谎，他应该立刻下台。