a quiet, retiring man
话少而又腼腆的男子
1.退休的,退职的;不爱交际的,谦让的,退却的
1.“retire”的现在分词
1.someone who is retiring tends to avoid social activities because they are shy
2.about to stop doing a particular job soon
1.The present participle of retire
1.NASA faces a year 2010 deadline for completing the building of the orbiting space station and of retiring the shuttles.
NASA面临2010年完成轨道空间站建设和在飞船退役之前建造飞船的最后期限。
2.An old story is often repeated of a retiring missionary coming home to America on the same boat as the president of the United States.
有一个为人所乐道的故事，是关乎一位退休回国的宣教士。他和美国总统同船回国。
3.It is a safe bet that Mr Stevens would not be retiring at all but for his desire to let a Democratic president pick his successor.
史蒂文斯先生不退休倒是万无一失，但他本人的愿望是让一位民主党的总统来挑选他的继任者。
4.The retiring Mr Perlmutter is going to have to get used to a little more scrutiny after becoming Hollywood's newest movie mogul.
在成为好莱坞最新的电影大亨之后，快要退休的佩尔穆特将不得不适应人们对他更多的关注。
5.Her mother, Xing Xiuqin, 60, bragged that she managed to stash away 80 percent of her income before retiring.
她的母亲邢秀芹吹嘘说自己退休前的收入80%都设法积攒了下来。
6.Sir Charles was a retiring man, but the chance of his illness brought us together, and a community of interests in science kept us so.
查尔兹爵士性情孤僻，可是他的病把我俩拉到了一起，对科学的共同兴趣也促进了我们的关系。
7.Yes, young man, " said he, releasing the handle of the article in question , retiring a step or two. "
“你说得对，小家伙。”他后退了一两步，然后就把我数落起来。
8.And, while you might not be retiring or getting promoted anytime soon, you might like to take a week or two off.
尽管你也可能不会退休，不会快速地获得晋升，但是你也想偶尔来上一两周休假吧。
9.She said she hoped people forgive her and announced that she was retiring from track and field which she called a sport she deeply loved.
她表示希望人们能够原谅她，并宣布要从自己深爱的田径赛场退休。
10.I hope however that this recognition is not the equivalent of the gold watch to the retiring manager.
不过，我希望给予这种荣誉不同于颁发一块金表给退休经理的意义。