retire
Definitions
To permanently stop working, usually because of age
退休
To withdraw or retreat from a place or activity
撤退；退出；离开
(formal) to go to bed
（正式）就寝
Root Breakdown
Root-derivedre- (back) + tir (pull) = 'to draw back, withdraw.' One image covers every sense: withdraw from a career (retire from work), withdraw from a field (troops retire), or withdraw to bed (retire for the night).
Root tir still carries 8 more wordsWhy It Means This
Retire is the clearest 'draw back' word in English. Whatever you retire from — a job, a battlefield, a noisy party, the waking day — you are pulling yourself away and out. The career sense is so dominant now that the older 'withdraw to bed' use sounds formal or old-fashioned, but it's the same backward pull.
Common Collocations
- 1.retire early提前退休
- 2.retire from work从工作中退休
- 3.retire gracefully体面地退休
- 4.forced to retire被迫退休
Example Sentences
- 1.
She plans to retire at sixty and travel.
- 2.
The troops were ordered to retire to higher ground.
- 3.
He retired early, leaving the guests downstairs.