退出（比赛或竞选）；离开证人席；退职；顺潮航行

handing down───遗传

sending down───把…向下发送；使下降（价格等）；开除

standing on───坚持；依靠；位于；拘泥于；持续向同一方向航行

staring down───盯得（某人）不敢对视

changing down───放慢车速

grinding down───折磨；磨损

loading down───使负担过重

Perhaps invite a chief executive to replace Larry Summers, the academic who announced this week that he was standing down as the President's main economic adviser.───也许邀请一位执行官替代拉里·萨默斯，这个本周宣称他将辞去总统主要经济顾问职务的学者。

But the incumbent is standing down, and polls suggest a fight between the Tories and the Greens.───不过现任即将卸任，而民意调查显示保守党和绿党之间竞争激烈。

Mr Dahal has been able to present himself as both a champion of the poor, and defender of Nepali pride against a meddling neighbour.───哈成为代表穷人的斗士以及对抗邻国干政的尼泊尔荣誉的捍卫者。

One industry source said the ROKAF is already standing down some of the ageing aircraft, resulting in a capability gap.───一位业内人士透露由于韩国空军已经开始退役部分老旧战机，直接导致了空中实力的下降。

In a speech shown on state television, Mr Saleh said he wasn't hungry for power, but he gave no precise date for standing down.───在国家电视台的讲话中，萨利赫称，他并不迷恋权力，但他并没给出下台的确切日期。

Tsai, 55, was widely praised for a savvy campaign, but announced that she was standing down as she conceded defeat.───蔡，55岁，因为运动悟性受到广泛赞誉，但是当他承认败选后她宣布辞去民进党主席的职位。

Talk of his standing down, he said, had caused "anxiety" and "confusion" , including inside Tibet.───他承认，他退休的言论造成了——包括在西藏内部，“焦虑”和“困惑”。

Mother helpless in there, see me standing down, and only major back out in silence.───母亲无助地站立在那里，看我只顾低头算题，便默默地退了出去。

After standing down as the chairman of the company, he will stay as an advisor.───辞任公司主席后，他会留下来作顾问。

The Grim Reaper can cut life short and, under the right circumstances, whittle those still standing down to the size of pygmies.

The strategy involved removing troops to barracks and standing down checkpoints in nationalist areas.

He replaces film producer David Putnam who is standing down after seven years in the position.

After 14 years in office the state's Republican governor, Mr Jim Thompson, is standing down.

Corley said she was standing down as leader because of the treachery of her own colleagues.

Fishing boats were standing down with the ebb.

But Sara, standing down as Green chairwoman, suggested the only disaster has been the party's huge decline.

Legolas : Look Aragon! Eowyn is standing down there with a banner!