stand down

动词 v.

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To wait; to stop pursuing, stop fighting, or relax from a heightened readiness posture. idiomatic
    — They ordered the troops to stand down for the moment.
  2. To withdraw or retire from a position or from a team. ambitransitive
    — The criminal case was launched after the aviation giant’s subsidiary stood down a trained health and safety representative hours after he directed others to cease work.

词形变化

stands down present,singular,third-person standing down participle,present stood down participle,past stood down past
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