(also step aside)phrasal verbphr vLEAVE A JOB OR ORGANIZATIONto leave your job or officialposition, because you want to or because you think you should 辞职;下台;让位
Morris should step aside until the investigation is completed.
莫里斯应该停职直到调查结束。
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Eve Johnson has stepped down as chairperson.
伊夫·约翰逊已经辞去主席的职务。
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He was forced to step down from his post.
他被迫下台。
Examples from the Corpus
step as• Meanwhile Janet Street-Porter is stepping down aseditor of the Independent on Sunday.• Mr Orlando was forced to step down asmayor despite his popularity with the voters.• He was due to step down as Oceania president in 2002.• House Democrats called a series of news conferences calling on Gingrich to step down asspeaker.• If the panelbringsformalcharges, Gingrich may be forced to step down as speaker.• He stepped down asWhite House chief of staff in 1994 after a series of White House snafus.