retiring
adjective
uk/rɪˈtaɪə.rɪŋ/us/rɪˈtaɪr.ɪŋ/retiringadjective(SHY)
formal
unwillingto benoticedor to be with otherpeople:
不愿与人交往的；离群索居的；孤僻的to beshyandretiring腼腆孤僻
Synonyms
bashful
coy(MODEST)
modest(QUIETLY SUCCESSFUL)approving
reserved(PERSON)
reticentformal
self-effacing
shy(NERVOUS)
timid
unassumingapproving
Shy and modest
- aw shucks
- backward
- bashful
- bashfully
- bashfulness
- deprecating
- humility
- inadequacy
- inadequate
- inhibited
- inhibition
- mousy
- reticent
- self-conscious
- self-consciously
- self-consciousness
- self-deprecating
- self-deprecatingly
- wallflower
- withdrawn
retiringadjective(STOP WORKING)
[before noun]
used to refer to someone who isplanningtoleavetheirjoband usually tostopworkingpermanentlybecause ofage:
即将退休的；将要离职的；行将退役的Thematchendedindisappointmentfor the retiringcaptain.这场比赛的结果令即将退役的球队队长很失望。
Retiring & resigning
- abdicate
- abdication
- attrition
- bow
- bow out
- chuck
- chucksomethingin
- get off
- golden handcuffs
- golden handshake
- golden parachute
- leave the field open forsomeoneidiom
- pension
- retire
- retired
- retiree
- retirement
- serve out
- stand aside
- throw