【retire音标】 英[rɪˈtaɪə(r)] 美[rɪˈtaɪr]
【单词释义】 retire是什么意思：
v.退休；撤退；后退，退却；（运动员）退役；（因受伤、生病而）退出比赛；离开(尤指去僻静处)
n.退休；退隐；退兵信号
[单词分级] 高考英语词汇
[第三人称单数] retires
[单词现在分词] retiring
[单词过去式] retired
[单词过去分词] retired
【关联词/派生词】
retirement n.退休，退职；引退，隐居；退休生活；退休期间；退役
【retire形近词/近似词】
attire n.服装，衣服 vt.使穿上衣服，使穿上盛装
entire adj.全部的；整个的
satire n.讽刺；讥讽；讽刺文学；讽刺作品
【单词例句】
◇ Merely 2 weeks later, the clones and their carrier died, which struck frustration into his heart. He retired before he attained his ambition and became a member of an opera chorus to relieve his depression.
仅仅过了2个星期，克隆体和母体都死亡了，这使他内心里充满了挫折，他也因此在达到自己目标前就退休了，并选择加入歌剧合唱团来减轻消沉的感觉。
◇ The first oil well was drilled by E. L. Drake, a retired railroad conductor. In 1859 he began drilling in Titusville, Pennsylvania.
整个的这项冒险事业看起来是如此不现实和愚蠢以致旁观者称之为"鸭子的蠢行"。
---- Oil Refining