v.退休；撤退；離去；就寢；主動退出比賽；收回（貨幣）；贖回（票據(jù)）

n.退休，退職

My father retired at the age of 60. 我父親六十歲時(shí)退休了。

The old worker decided to retire to the country. 那們老工人決定退休后搬到鄉(xiāng)下去。

Our forces retired to prepared positions. 我們的部隊(duì)撤退到既設(shè)陣地上。

After lunch he retired to his study. 他午飯后就到書房去了。

I decided to retire early with a book. 我決定帶本書早點(diǎn)就寢。

She fell badly, spraining her ankle, and had to retire. 她摔得很重，扭傷了腳踝，只好退出比賽。

Companies may retire their bonds payable before maturity. 企業(yè)可以在債券到期之前贖回他們的應(yīng)付債券。

retire作“退休”解時(shí),指從公職生活中因年老而圓滿退休,也可指由于不稱職而被罷免官職,可用作不及物動詞,也可用作及物動詞。用作及物動詞時(shí)接名詞或代詞作賓語,可用于被動結(jié)構(gòu)。

retire作“撤退”解時(shí),一般是指軍隊(duì)從陣地上撤離,用作不及物動詞,常與from連用。

retire也可作“就寢”解,用作不及物動詞。