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To leave a high position — a president, a manager, a chairperson steps down. It sounds polite and calm, the word news reports choose when someone leaves without a fight. Use 'as' or 'from': step down as CEO, step down from the board. No object.
下台；卸任；辭去職務
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
step downverb
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Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see step, down.
- to step down carefully from a train
- 2
To resign or retire from an office or position of authority.
- She now wants to be a Paris MP. But Fillon wants the same Paris seat when he steps down, after next year's election. Both have their eye on the main prize: running for Paris mayor in 2014.
- Late on the previous Friday (September 2), AWC had announced that Managing Director Phil Whittingham "has decided to step down with effect from September 15".
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To reduce gradually or incrementally.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。