retiring 音标拼音: [rɪt'ɑɪrɪŋ] [rit'ɑɪɚɪŋ] [rit'ɑɪrɪŋ]
a . 隐退的,退休的,退缩的
隐退的,退休的,退缩的
retiring adj 1 :
not arrogant or presuming ; "
unassuming to a fault ,
skeptical about the value of his work "; "
a shy retiring girl " [
synonym : {
retiring }, {
unassuming }]
2 :
of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office ; "
a retiring member of the board " [
synonym : {
past (
a )},
{
preceding (
a )}, {
retiring (
a )}]
3 :
reluctant to draw attention to yourself [
synonym : {
reticent },
{
self -
effacing }, {
retiring }]
Retire \
Re *
tire "\,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Retired };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Retiring }.] [
F .
retirer ;
pref .
re -
re -
tirer to draw .
See {
Tirade }.]
1 .
To withdraw ;
to take away ; --
sometimes used reflexively .
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He . . .
retired himself ,
his wife ,
and children into a forest . --
Sir P .
Sidney .
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As when the sun is present all the year ,
And never doth retire his golden ray . --
Sir J .
Davies .
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2 .
To withdraw from circulation ,
or from the market ;
to take up and pay ;
as ,
to retire bonds ;
to retire a note .
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3 .
To cause to retire ;
specifically ,
to designate as no longer qualified for active service ;
to place on the retired list ;
as ,
to retire a military or naval officer .
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Retiring \
Re *
tir "
ing \,
a .
1 .
Reserved ;
shy ;
not forward or obtrusive ;
as ,
retiring modesty ;
retiring manners .
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2 .
Of or pertaining to retirement ;
causing retirement ;
suited to ,
or belonging to ,
retirement .
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{
Retiring board } (
Mil .),
a board of officers who consider and report upon the alleged incapacity of an officer for active service .
{
Retiring pension },
a pension granted to a public officer on his retirement from office or service .
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106 Moby Thesaurus words for "
retiring ":
Olympian ,
aloof ,
aseptic ,
backward ,
bashful ,
blank ,
boat -
shaped ,
boatlike ,
bowl -
shaped ,
bowllike ,
cavelike ,
cavernous ,
chilled ,
chilly ,
cold ,
concave ,
concaved ,
constrained ,
cool ,
coy ,
craterlike ,
cup -
shaped ,
cupped ,
cymbiform ,
declining ,
demure ,
detached ,
diffident ,
diminishing ,
discreet ,
dish -
shaped ,
dished ,
dishing ,
dishlike ,
distant ,
dwindling ,
dying ,
ebbing ,
expressionless ,
fading ,
forbidding ,
frigid ,
frosty ,
funnel -
breasted ,
funnel -
chested ,
funnel -
shaped ,
guarded ,
hollow ,
hollowed ,
humble ,
icy ,
impassive ,
impersonal ,
inaccessible ,
incurved ,
incurving ,
incurvous ,
infundibular ,
infundibuliform ,
introverted ,
meek ,
modest ,
navicular ,
naviform ,
offish ,
quiet ,
rabbity ,
receding ,
reclusive ,
remote ,
removed ,
repressed ,
reserved ,
restrained ,
reticent ,
retreating ,
saucer -
shaped ,
scaphoid ,
scyphate ,
self -
effacing ,
shrinking ,
shy ,
sinking ,
spoonlike ,
standoff ,
standoffish ,
subdued ,
sunk ,
sunken ,
suppressed ,
timid ,
timorous ,
unaffable ,
unapproachable ,
unassertive ,
unassuming ,
unassured ,
uncongenial ,
undemonstrative ,
unexpansive ,
ungenial ,
unpretentious ,
unsociable ,
unsocial ,
waning ,
withdrawn
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