bow out

1. PHRASAL VERB 退出
   If you bow out of something, you stop taking part in it.
   1. He had bowed out gracefully when his successor had been appointed.
      他在继任者被任命后体面地引退了。

1. He had bowed out gracefully when his successor had been appointed.
   他在继任者被任命后体面地引退了。
2. When leaving the presence of the princess, you have to bow yourself out as you go.
   辞别公主时，你必须躬身退出。
3. Research by the University of California in San Francisco found people with difficulty saying no are more likely to experience stress. While unpleasant, sometimes the healthiest thing you can do is bow out gracefully and avoid overextending yourself.
   位于旧金山的加利福尼亚大学发表的研究表明，拒绝更容易带来紧张。虽然拒绝别人不是件愉快的事情，但有时最健康的做法就是礼貌地回绝，避免操劳过度。
4. The World Cup's toughest security headache may be a surprise visit by President Barack Obama, South Africa's police chief said Friday, joking that he secretly hoped the US side would bow out early.
   南非警察部门负责人于上周五表示，世界杯最艰巨的安保任务可能会是美国总统贝拉克奥巴马的突然来访，他开玩笑说自己暗暗希望美国队能早早淘汰。
5. Arguments about politics and religion never have a right answer but they definitely get people all riled up over things they can't control. When such topics surface, bow out by saying something like: Thinking about that stuff makes my head hurt.
   有关政治和宗教的话题永远没有正确答案，但却会让人心浮气躁，难以掌控谈话的局面。如果出现了这样的话题，就可以用一句想到这些事情我就头疼，礼貌地退出讨论。
6. When someone sees that, for example, you need a proposal in a timeframe they can't make, they will probably bow out, rather than leaving you hanging.
   当对方知道了这一点，比如你需要在一段时间内制定出解决方案，而他们无法完成，他们可能就会直接放弃，而不是让你继续等待。
7. The current season of Raising Hope will be its last one, FOX announced. The network says the comedy will bow out with a one-hour series finale on April 4.
   现在正在播出的《家有喜旺》第四季将会是该剧的最后一季了。FOX宣布，砍掉这部正喜剧，并且将在4月4日播出的最后一集制作成1小时的特别集。
8. Is it now time for the company to bow out of its chipset business, too?
   那么，该公司现在退出芯片业务是否正当其时呢？
9. They bow in silence, then move out a side door across a dark courtyard and into a smaller temple, barely lit by one oil lamp and perfumed with incense. I follow them.
   她们静静地鞠躬，而后从侧门穿过黑暗的庭院，走进小寺庙，庙里只点一盏煤油灯，薰香弥漫。
10. The old leader decided to bow out.
    那个老领导决定退出。
11. Mr. Smith held different views form his partners, finally he had to bow out of the Company management.
    史密斯先生与同我人意见不一致，最后不得已退出了公司管理层。
12. Their tongues are bent like a bow to send out false words: they have become strong in the land, but not for good faith: they go on from evil to evil, and they have no knowledge of me, says the lord.
    他们弯起舌头像弓一样，为要说谎话。他们在国中增长势力，不是为行诚实，乃是恶上加恶，并不认识我。这是耶和华说的。
13. A young man who learns two trades has a second string to his bow, so he is unlikely to be out if work for long.
    一个年轻人学会两种行业就有了两手准备，他就不大会长期失业。
14. The old woman gave her grandson a bow and arrow, and he went out and killed a small bird for them to eat.
    老人给孙子一张弓和一只箭，孙子外出猎回一只小鸟供他们食用。
15. She has no plans to bow out of politics just yet.
    她还没有打算退出政坛。
16. If you know the crowd is planning something you disagree with, have the courage to bow out politely.
    如果你知道大家正在计划一件你不赞成的事情，鼓起勇气礼貌地退出。
17. Back in the bow he laid the two fillets of fish out on the wood with the flying fish beside them.
    回到船头后，他把两爿鱼肉摊在船板上，旁边搁着飞鱼。
18. Most already know of this and are considering how they will bow out.
    大多数（黑暗势力）已经知道这些并也正在考虑他们将怎样退出舞台。
19. Vergil: it's time for the clown to bow out, arkham.
    维吉尔：是小丑该滚蛋的时间了，雅克罕姆。
20. He wouldn't offer to bow out.
    他并没有退出之意。
21. She has finally decided it's time to bow out of international tennis.
    她最终认定是退出世界网坛的时候了。
22. While the movie was being filmed, the star got sick and had to bow out.
    电影正拍摄时，这位明星病了，不得不放弃拍摄。
23. It's child's play: look, my left hand fingers the strings, my right hand scrapes away at them with the bow, and out comes a merry noise, tralala.
    这是小孩子的玩意，看，我左手指按着琴弦，我右手指拉着琴弓，美妙的音乐就出来了。
24. And, of course, we were sorry to see our good friend Andy bow out against Murray.
    当然，好哥们罗迪克输给穆雷了我们也挺难过的。
25. The empress dawagers refused to bow out of power circle.
    慈禧太后不肯退出权力圈。
26. We will never bow down to an idol made out of a block of wood.
    我们不会对用木头造的偶象鞠躬。
27. The appraisal right is the statutory right of corporate shareholders who oppose fundamental changes of the corporate to have their shares judicially appraised and demand that the corporation buy back their shares at the appraised value, and then to bow out of the corporation.
    异议股东股份评估权是指对公司基础性变化持异议的股东请求公司以公平合理的评估价格买回其股份，从而退出公司的法定权利。
28. Static analysis on the bow system is to find out the limb stress distribution in the condition of the maximal draw length.
    静力学分析得出最大拉距情况下弓片上的应力分布情况；
29. Secondly, the Genetic Algorithms are introduced, and the position optimization and the dimension optimization of the bulbous bow are carried out in turn, and the optimal wave-making resistance coefficients are reached for different speeds and the form parameters of the bulbous bows are obtained.
    然后通过引入遗传算法，先后进行了单体船的球首位置优化以及球首主尺度优化，得到各种速度下的最小兴波阻力系数，同时得到球首各形状参数。
30. This paper elaborates from a cultural perspective bow these characteristics were evolved into new shape out of the native culture while extensively assimilating alien culture.
    本文从文化角度阐述了白族建筑特色怎样植根于本土文化沃土，广泛吸收外来文化并经创新而形成。

verb

1. retire gracefully
   1. He bowed out when he realized he could no longer handle the demands of the chairmanship

   Synonym:    withdraw

2. remove oneself from an obligation
   1. He bowed out when he heard how much work was involved

   Synonym:    chicken outback offpull outback down