"retiring fogs revealed the rocky coastline"
同义词: receding
"a shy retiring girl"
同义词: unassuming
"a retiring member of the board"
同义词: past(a) preceding(a)
同义词: reticent self-effacing
以上来源于: WordNet
ADJ Someone who is retiring is shy and avoids meeting other people. 害羞的; 孤僻的
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
The company's official retiring age is 65.
公司正式的退休年龄为65岁。
Larry said he had no regrets about retiring.
拉里曾说他对于退休没有任何遗憾。
He's certainly got the right idea—retiring at 55.
他真的想通了—打算在55岁时退休。
Her future seemed limitless. Then,in nineteen seventy-seven, Miss Jordan suddenly announced she was retiring from Congress and returning to Texas.
VOA: special.2010.05.09
I am so honored and pleased to welcome today to this table Janet Dickerson Vice-President of Campus Life: Janet Dickerson, who is much to many of our lament retiring this year.
今天能请到主管综合事务的副校长,来到这里我很荣幸,欢迎,虽然不舍,但她今年将要退休了。
But retiring Senator George Voinovich of Ohio tells the Washington Post that he plans to help push a bill through the Senate next week.
VOA: special.2010.09.10
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