step down
vt.
(reduce) to step sth down or to step down sth逐步降低；逐渐减少
- Coupon rates can be stepped up or down. 票面利率可能会逐渐提高或降低。
- If your muscles feel sore, step down the number of exercises. 如果你感到肌肉酸疼, 就逐步减少运动次数。
vi.<非正式>
1. (resign) 辞职；让位；下台
- He stepped down last month because of illness. 他因病于上个月辞职。
- Masoud was required to step down as defence minister. 马苏德被要求从国防部长的职位上退下来。
2. (assume inferior position) 降低级别
- She should step down to a lower grade of competition. 她应该参加更低水平的比赛。
step down
来自翻译宝典
- 英语>简体中文, 英汉大词典
step down
v.
1. To come down in one move from a higher position to a lower. 走下来。
- As soon as the train stopped, the conductor stepped down to help the passengers off. 火车一停，列车长就走下来帮助乘客下车。
2. To make go slower little by little.使逐步减速。
- The train was approaching the station, so the engineer stepped it down. 火车正在进站，所以司机把速度逐渐减了下来。
3. To leave a job as an official or some other important position. 辞职；下台。
- When the judge became ill, he had to step down. 法官病了，只好辞职。
v.
1. To come down in one move from a higher position to a lower. 走下来。
- As soon as the train stopped, the conductor stepped down to help the passengers off. 火车一停，列车长就走下来帮助乘客下车。
2. To make go slower little by little.使逐步减速。
- The train was approaching the station, so the engineer stepped it down. 火车正在进站，所以司机把速度逐渐减了下来。
3. To leave a job as an official or some other important position. 辞职；下台。
- When the judge became ill, he had to step down. 法官病了，只好辞职。
- 英语>简体中文, 美国习语词典
step down
1. walk down 走下来
- As soon as the train stopped, the conductor stepped down to help the passengers off. 火车一停，列车员就下火车帮乘客下车。
2. move to a lower level; retire or leave a top position 降低；辞职；让位
- I've spent so many years as chairman that I feel it's time I stepped down. 我当了这么多年的董事长，现在我觉得该退下来了。
- Next May our company's president will step down, and we will have to elect a new one at the next stockholders'meeting. 明年5月我们公司的总经理任职期满就要退下来了，我们将要在下一次的股东会议上选举一个新的总经理。
3. slow down 放慢
- For lack of raw materials they had stepped down production. 由于原料缺乏，他们不得不放慢生产进度。
1. walk down 走下来
- As soon as the train stopped, the conductor stepped down to help the passengers off. 火车一停，列车员就下火车帮乘客下车。
2. move to a lower level; retire or leave a top position 降低；辞职；让位
- I've spent so many years as chairman that I feel it's time I stepped down. 我当了这么多年的董事长，现在我觉得该退下来了。
- Next May our company's president will step down, and we will have to elect a new one at the next stockholders'meeting. 明年5月我们公司的总经理任职期满就要退下来了，我们将要在下一次的股东会议上选举一个新的总经理。
3. slow down 放慢
- For lack of raw materials they had stepped down production. 由于原料缺乏，他们不得不放慢生产进度。
- 英语>简体中文, 英语常用短语词典
step down
adj. 降压的，降低的
adj. 降压的，降低的
- 英语>简体中文, 英汉化学大词典
step down
n. 降压，下降，减速
n. 降压，下降，减速
- 英语>简体中文, 英汉汽车词典
step down
退休, 辞职
- The manager had to step down on account of poor health. 那位经理由于身体不好, 只能辞职不干。
退休, 辞职
- The manager had to step down on account of poor health. 那位经理由于身体不好, 只能辞职不干。
- 英语>简体中文, 简明英汉词典
step down
(also step aside)
(stepping, stepped,steps)
动词词组 If someone steps down or steps aside, they resign from an important job or position, often in order to let someone else take their place. 退位
- Judge Ito said that if his wife was called as a witness, he would step down as trial judge. 伊托法官说如果自己妻子被传为证人的话，他将辞去审判法官的职位。
(also step aside)
(stepping, stepped,steps)
动词词组 If someone steps down or steps aside, they resign from an important job or position, often in order to let someone else take their place. 退位
- Judge Ito said that if his wife was called as a witness, he would step down as trial judge. 伊托法官说如果自己妻子被传为证人的话，他将辞去审判法官的职位。
英语>简体中文, 高级英汉双解词典
