retiring

英 [rɪˈtaɪərɪŋ]

美 [rɪˈtaɪərɪŋ]

adj.  不爱与人交往的
v.  (令)退职; (使)退休; (因伤)退出(比赛等); 离开(尤指去僻静处)
retire的现在分词

现在分词：retiring　

GRE

BNC.11443 / COCA.15443

牛津词典

adj.

• 不爱与人交往的
  preferring not to spend time with other people
  1. a quiet, retiring man
     话少而又腼腆的男子

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 不爱交际的;害羞的;孤僻的;离群索居的
  Someone who isretiringis shy and avoids meeting other people.
  1. I'm still that shy, retiring little girl who was afraid to ask for sweets in the shop.
     我仍然是那个羞怯孤僻，不敢在商店买糖果的小女孩。
• See also:retire

英英释义

adj

• reluctant to draw attention to yourself
  Synonym:reticentself-effacing
• not arrogant or presuming
  1. unassuming to a fault, skeptical about the value of his work
  2. a shy retiring girl
  Synonym:unassuming

双语例句

• My friend, who has served on the International Olympic Committee all his life, is retiring next month.
  我有位朋友，他一辈子服务于国际奥林匹克委员会，下个月就要退休了。
• The chairman mention the work of the retiring managing director.
  董事长提到了即将退休的总经理的工作。
• On the last trip in his career before retiring, they met a group of gangsters.
  在父亲退休前的最后一次航行中，他们遇上了凶恶的歹徒。
• He's a retiring author who hates parties and publicity.
  他是一位离群索居的作家，憎恶聚会和引人注意。
• Her majesty awarded a distinction to the retiring prime minister.
  女王陛下授勋给行将离任的首相。
• He had found the perfect excuse for retiring early.
  他找到了提前退休的极好的借口。
• The greatest manager there has ever been, or ever will be in my book, is retiring.
  这位迄今为止最杰出的，在我看来，也是后人无法超越的经理，就要退休了。
• I'm retiring after this tour.
  这次旅行以后我就准备退休。
• She was a shy and retiring person off-stage
  她在现实生活中是个腼腆而且不善社交的人。
• My dreams of retiring to Aix-en-Provence are gone. Now I'll have to retire to Aix-en-Poughkeepsie.
  我退休后到法国普罗旺斯地区艾克斯（Aix-en-Provence）居住的梦想破灭了，现在我退休后只好去纽约州波基普西市艾克斯（Aix-en-Poughkeepsie）了。