step down

逐渐缩小； 降低； 辞职

It is unclear whether that means the West wants Mr Kibaki to step down.(然而，现在还不能确定这是否意味着西方要齐贝吉先生退位。)

But as Apple explained today we've agreed it makes sense for me to step down now.(但，像苹果今天所说的，我离开对于大家都有好处。)

To substitute social media for human contact is incrementally a step down in customer service.(用社会媒体取代面对面交流，是客户服务逐步倒退的表现。)

Mel Martinez said he would step down as a senator for Florida before the autumn.(梅尔·马丁内兹说他将在秋季前辞去代表佛罗里达州的参议员职务。)

Top banking executives tend to retain most of their shareholdings until they step down.(顶级银行高管往往会保留他们的多数股权，直到他们离职。)

The manager had to step down on account of poor health.(那位经理由于身体不好，只能辞职不干。)

He previously said that he too would step down once the liberation was declared.(之前他说，一旦宣布解放，他也会辞职。)

He should therefore step down immediately after the elections.(因此，他应当在选举后立即辞职。)

In addition, he faces rising international pressure to step down.(另外，他还面临国际上敦促其下台的压力。)

Data selection is the first step down the road of data-driven testing.(数据选择是沿着数据驱动测试之路的第一步。)

verb

1. reduce the level or intensity or size or scope of

e.g. de-escalate a crisis

Synonym: de-escalateweaken

2. give up or retire from a position

e.g. The Secretary of the Navy will leave office next month
The chairman resigned over the financial scandal

Synonym: leave officequitresign

1. 辞职;下台;让位
If someone steps down or steps aside, they resign from an important job or position, often in order to let someone else take their place.

e.g. Judge Ito said that if his wife was called as a witness, he would step down as trial judge...
伊藤法官说，如果他的妻子被传作证，他将不再担任初审法官。
e.g. Many would prefer to see him step aside in favour of a younger man.
很多人更希望看到他下台，以让位给更年轻的人。