• 基础释义
• 例句
• 同义词
• 四级真题
• 柯林斯词典释义
• 英汉词典释义
• 英英词典释义

• He is a naturally shy, retiring man. 他天生腼腆，不爱交际。
• a retiring personality 孤僻的性格
• Her majesty awarded a distinction upon〔to〕 the retiring Prime Minister. 女王陛下授勋给行将离任的首相。
• He’s certainly got the right idea, retiring at 55. 他真的想通了,打算55岁就退休。
• He must be getting near retiring age. 他一定快到退休年龄了。
• His performance as King Lear was to be his swan - song before retiring. 他扮演李尔王是他退休前的告别演出.
• After retiring, Albright became a surgeon. 退役后, 她成为一名医生.
• Timothy , of course, and done well by retiring. 悌磨西当然退休之后混得很好.
• She was a shy and retiring person off-stage. 她在现实生活中是个腼腆而且不善社交的人。
• I'm retiring next month. They're putting me out to pasture. 我下个月退休。他们要我养老去了。

• adj.
  retiring的同义词之：谦虚的;羞怯的
  reserved, modest, restrained, timid, bashful, shy, distant,
• retiring的同义词之：其他释义
  timid, reserved, restrained, friendless, diffident, distant, shy, bashful, modest,

Yes, people are retiring even in this economy.
出自-2012年12月阅读原文

• ADJ-GRADED
  不爱交际的;害羞的;孤僻的;离群索居的
  Someone who is retiring is shy and avoids meeting other people.
  例句
  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。

• adj.
  即将退休的，即将离职的，即将退役的
  He must be getting near retiring age. 他一定快到退休年龄了。 He’s certainly got the right idea, retiring at 55. 他真的想通了,打算55岁就退休。 Her majesty awarded a distinction upon〔to〕 the retiring Prime Minister. 女王陛下授勋给行将离任的首相。
  过隐居生活的,孤僻的;害羞的
  a retiring personality 孤僻的性格 He is a naturally shy, retiring man. 他天生腼腆，不爱交际。

• Adjective
  1. not blatant or overly aggressive in manner or appearance;
  "a retiring disposition"
  2. moving toward a position farther from the front;
  "the receding glaciers of the last ice age""retiring fogs revealed the rocky coastline"
  3. not arrogant or presuming;
  "unassuming to a fault, skeptical about the value of his work""a shy retiring girl"
  4. of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office;
  "a retiring member of the board"