| 词组 | stand down |
| 释义 | stand down 1. stand down to agree to leave your job or official position, or stop trying to be elected, so that someone else can do it instead: ▪ I'm prepared to stand down in favour of another candidate. ▪ Powell's announcement that she would stand down from her seat on the directors' board shocked shareholders. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑step down 2. stand down if someone who has been answering questions in a court of law stands down, they stop answering questions and leave the place where they have to stand to answer them: ▪ Danielle stood down, clearly upset by the questions the lawyers had asked her. 3. stand sb down • stand down to officially tell a soldier or group of soldiers that they are no longer needed for duty, or to stop being on duty: ▪ The last American Air Force Squadron at the airbase stands down from active duty today. ▪ Allied forces in the Gulf have been stood down. |
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