retire

retire, retreat, withdraw

这些动词均含“退下、退却”之意。
retire: 指从公开或公共场合退下到私下场所，也指被免除职务或自动辞职、退役等。
retreat: 含消极意味，多指被迫采取退下或退却的行动。
withdraw: 侧重因某种原因而有意离开，常含礼貌、谦恭等理由。也指军队的撤退。

动词 retire:

1. go into retirement; stop performing one's work or withdraw from one's position
2. withdraw from active participation
   同义词：withdraw
3. pull back or move away or backward
   同义词：withdraw, retreat, pull away, draw back, recede, pull back, move back
4. move back and away from
   同义词：recede, fall back
5. withdraw from circulation or from the market, as of bills, shares, and bonds
6. break from a meeting or gathering
   同义词：adjourn, withdraw
7. make (someone) retire
8. dispose of; as of old clothes
   同义词：pension off
9. lose interest
   同义词：withdraw
10. cause to be out on a fielding play
    同义词：put out
11. cause to retire
    同义词：strike out
12. prepare for sleep
    同义词：go to bed, turn in, bed, crawl in, kip down, hit the hay, hit the sack, sack out, go to sleep

1. I decided to retire early with a book.
   我决定带本书早点就寝。
2. The boxer retired from the contest with eye injuries.
   该拳击手因眼部受伤而退出比赛。
3. Our forces retired to prepared positions.
   我们的部队撤退到既设阵地上。
4. After lunch he retired to his study.
   他午饭後就到书房去了。
5. My father retired at the age of 60.
   我父亲六十岁时退休了。
6. Members of the jury, you must now retire to consider your verdict.
   陪审团的全体成员，你们现在必须退下去考虑应如何裁决。
7. Our armies have retired to regroup for a fresh attack.
   我们的部队已经退下来重新整编，以便发动新的进攻。

re.tire

v.（动词）
re.tired,re.tir.ing,re.tires
v.intr.（不及物动词）
To withdraw, as for rest or seclusion.
隐退：退出，如为了休息或隐居而退出
To go to bed.
就寝：上床睡觉
To withdraw from one`s occupation, business, or office; stop working.
退职：某人从其职业、生意或公职中退出；停止工作
To fall back or retreat, as from battle.
退却，撤退：后退或撤退，如从战场上撤退
To move back or away; recede.
后退：退回或移开；后退
v.tr.（及物动词）
To cause to withdraw from one`s usual field of activity:
使退休：使某人从他的通常活动领域中退出：
例句：
retired all executives at 55.
所有的行政人员在55岁退休

To lead (troops, for example) away from action; withdraw.
使撤退：带领（例如军队）从军事行动中离开；退出
To take out of circulation:
收回（票证）：退出流通：
例句：
retired the bonds.
使债券退出流通领域

To withdraw from use or active service:
报废，停止使用：从使用或正在进行的服务中退出：
例句：
retiring an old battleship.
使一艘旧战船报废

Baseball
【棒球】
To put out (a batter).
使（击球手）出局
To cause (the opposing team) to end a turn at bat.
封杀出局：使（对方球队）失去击球机会

来源：
French retirer [to retreat]
法语 retirer [撤退]
from Old French [to take back]
源自 古法语 [撤回]
re- [re-]
re- [表示.后退.意思的前缀]
tirer [to draw] * see tier
tirer [拖，拉] *参见 tier

<注释>Despite the upbeat books written about retiringand the fact that it is a well-earned time of relaxation from the daily rigors of work,many people do not find it a particularly pleasant prospect.Perhaps the etymology ofretire may hint at why. The ultimate source of our word is the Old French wordretirer, made up of the prefixre-, meaning in this case .back,. and the verb tirer, .to draw,. together meaning .to take back or withdraw.. The first use of the English wordretire is recorded in 533 in reference to a military force that withdraws.It is not until ''7 that we find the word used to mean .to withdraw from a position for more leisure..In regard to the sting in all thiswe need to look at the source oftirer, .to draw, draw out, endure,.which ultimately may be from Old Frenchmartir, .a martyr,. probably reflecting the fact that martyrs had to endure the torture of being stretched up to and beyond the point of dislocating their bones.
尽管有关于退休的乐观书籍，以及退休是从日常工作的严酷中解放出来的极好时光的事实，许多人并没有发现它特别令人愉悦的地方。也许retire 的语源学暗示了原因。 这个词最早的来源是古法语单词retirer ， 由在此意指.向后.的前缀re- 及意为.拉.的动词 tiver 合在一起组成，意为.撤回或退回.。 英语单词retire 的使用则最早记录于553年， 指撤退的军队。直到''7年我们才发现该词用于表达.为得到更多的闲暇而退出职位。.考虑到所有这些词的负面含义，我们有必要看看tirer 的词源， 其意为.拉，拉出，容忍，.它可能最初源于意为.殉道者.的古法语martir ， 这可能反映了一个事实，即殉者不得不忍受四肢被拉直至骨肉脱离的酷刑