下台 xiàtái verb ① (离开舞台) go offstage ▸ 把演员轰下台 boo an actor off the stage ② (交出权力) step down ▸ 被迫下台 be forced to step down ▸ 总统快下台了。 The President will soon leave office. ③ figurative (摆脱窘境) [usu used in the negative] get out of a predicament or an embarrassing situation ▸ 使某人下不了台 put sb on the spot ▸ 市长当时真有些没法下台。 The mayor was really unable to deal with the embarrassing situation. |