retiring

动词 retire:

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

形容词 retiring:

1. moving toward a position farther from the front
   同义词：receding
2. not arrogant or presuming
   同义词：unassuming
3. of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office
   同义词：past, preceding
4. reluctant to draw attention to yourself
   同义词：reticent, self-effacing

1. Colleagues presented the retiring chairman with a cheque/presented a cheque to the retiring chairman.
   同事们把一张支票交给退休的主席。
2. Retiring early from his job freed him to join several local clubs.
   他早早退休，摆脱了工作的羁绊而加入了当地的几个俱乐部。
3. I can't disappoint my public by retiring.
   我可不能退休，否则大家会失望的。
4. I'm not contemplating retiring (ie I do not intend to retire) yet.
   我尚未考虑退休问题。
5. Some people find retiring difficult, but he has taken it all in his stride.
   有些人感到退休生活很艰难，但他轻而易举地适应了。
6. Joanna had a gentle retiring disposition.
   乔安娜性格温柔而腼腆。

re.tir.ing

adj.（形容词）
Shy and reserved; modest.
离群索居的，孑身独处的：害羞而寡言保守的；谦虚的

【引伸】
retir.ingly
adv.（副词）
retir.ingness
n.（名词）