辞职；走下；逐步减低

stopping down───不增加；缩小（镜头的）光圈；光阑缩小

slapping down───vi.粗暴地禁止；镇压

stepping on───vt.踩上…；踏上…

chopping down───砍下

keeping down───[印刷]排小写体

plopping down───扑通一声

sending down───把…向下发送；使下降（价格等）；开除

setting down───放下；记下；看做；确定

sheeting down───床单

Governor of Alaska, Sarah Palin, has announced she is stepping down.───阿拉斯加的州长，莎拉·佩林，已经宣布了辞职。

Cox was stepping down to spend more time with her children, Hayward added.───沃德还表示，考克斯为了花更多的时间和她的孩子相处正要离职。

I think he needs to consider stepping down," said Mahathir.───马哈蒂尔说：“我认为他需要考虑下台了。”

but Mila did not know how to offset the outcome in the physical of the disease stepping down into form.───但是Mila不知道怎么去拆除疾病逐步进入形态的现实结果。

But a few days later Lord Browne publicly confirmed that, as expected, he would be stepping down in 2008.───不过，几天之后，正如人们预料的那样，布朗勋爵公开证实，自己将在2008年离任。

'He's trying to trick the protest leaders into stepping down, but the protesters want to stay, ' he said.───他说，阿披实是在诱使示威领袖减弱示威活动，但示威者希望留下来；

The CEO who was stepping down met with him privately and presented him with three numbered envelopes.───刚刚卸任的首席执行官与他私下见了一面，交给他三个信封，都标了数字。

Yet the Egyptian president seems to have no intention of stepping down.───但是这位埃及总统似乎没有退休的意思。

He is saddened to see two marines who led the force at the front lines since Roger's age stepping down.───他痛心地看到两个谁率领海军陆战队从罗杰的时代下台前线的部队。