drop out

退出；退学；拒绝传统社会

You cannot drop out of school and just drop into a good job.(不完成学业就得不到一份称心的工作。)

Morse was yet another name that appeared before walrus and seems to have spread to other languages only to drop out of use in English.(莫尔斯是海象出现之前的另一个名字，且似乎已经传播到其他语言，唯独在英语中却不再使用。)

This doesn't mean drop out and go back to school.(这并不意味着让你回到学校继续学习。)

Research suggests that children whose parents split up are more likely to drop out of high school.(研究显示父母离异的孩子更有可能在中学辍学。)

You've spent years getting to this point, so you just can't drop out now.(花了好几年才取得今天的成绩，要你现在放手谈何容易。)

The unemployed lose their skills, and disillusioned workers drop out of the workforce.(失业人员丧失了技能，失意工人会失去求职动力。)

Estimates of dropouts vary, but it seems that about one-quarter more boys drop out than girls.(辍学的估计数字有别，但是看来男孩比女孩辍学数要多四分之一。)

Or they drop out, as did many in Japan’s first “lost generation” a decade ago.(年轻人或者选择退出，就像日本“迷茫的一代”十年前干的事一样。)

"Many patients start treatment then drop out," says van Maaren.(“许多患者开始治疗后放弃，”vanMaaren说。)

Teenagers who drop out of high school have trouble finding jobs.(中学辍学的青少年难找工作。)

verb

1. give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope
admit defeat

e.g. In the second round, the challenger gave up

Synonym: give upfall by the waysidedrop by the waysidethrow inthrow in the towelquitchuck up the sponge

2. leave school or an educational program prematurely

e.g. Many students drop out because they are not prepared for our challenging program

3. withdraw from established society, especially because of disillusion with conventional values

e.g. She hasn't heard from her brother in years--he dropped out after moving to California

1. 退学;退出(比赛等)
If someone drops out of college or a race, for example, they leave it without finishing what they started.

drop out

e.g. He'd dropped out of high school at the age of 16...
他 16 岁的时候就从中学退学了。
e.g. She dropped out after 20 kilometres with stomach trouble.
20 公里后她因胃痛而退出了比赛。

2. 拒绝接受传统规范;离经叛道;摈弃社会习俗
If someone drops out, they reject the accepted ways of society and live outside the usual system.

e.g. She encourages people to keep their jobs rather than dropping out to live in a commune.
她鼓励人们坚持工作而不是离经叛道地去过公社生活。