drop out

英 [drɒp aʊt]

美 [drɑːp aʊt]

退学; 退出（比赛等）; 拒绝接受传统规范; 离经叛道; 摈弃社会习俗

柯林斯词典

PHRASAL VERB 退学;退出(比赛等)
If someonedrops out ofcollege or a race, for example, they leave it without finishing what they started.
1. 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。
2. She dropped out after 20 kilometres with stomach trouble.
  20 公里后她因胃痛而退出了比赛。
See also:She encourages people to keep their jobs rather than dropping out to live in a commune.drop-out

verb

give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope
1. In the second round, the challenger gave up
Synonym:give upfall by the waysidedrop by the waysidethrow inthrow in the towelquitchuck up the sponge
leave school or an educational program prematurely
1. Many students drop out because they are not prepared for our challenging program
withdraw from established society, especially because of disillusion with conventional values
1. She hasn't heard from her brother in years--he dropped out after moving to California

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。
She get a scholarship to Cambridge but drop out a year later.
她得到了剑桥大学的奖学金，但一年以后就退学了。
Eventually they drop out of the class altogether.
最后，他们全都辍学了。
It's normal to want to drop out.
想退学很正常。
You'll never go to college if you drop out of high school.
如果高中辍学，你就永远不能上大学了。
We had a talk, and decided to drop out for your sake.
我们讨论过了，为了你好，我们还是决定不去了。
Despite this, he still decided to drop out of school.
尽管如此，他还是决定退学。
Eventually my parents let me drop out of the school.
终于，父母让我离开了那所学校。
He would drop out, marry a waitress and eventually become a truck driver for the local school district.
他辍学后娶了一位女服务员，最后成为当地学区的一位卡车司机。
At this point we set the failed flag, which causes us to drop out of the loop.
此时，我们将设置failed标志，该标志将导致退出循环。