刚刚，著名游泳运动员宁泽涛 发文，称：“不惧过往，不畏将来!告别泳池碧水，开启自己的崭新生活。”宣布退役。他曾获得喀山世锦赛男子自由泳100米冠军，祝福往后人生越来越好! retire/hang up ones boots/sneakers----退役 一个常见的说法是retire，相应的名词形式是retirement。比如CNN报道刘翔退役的新闻标题是：Liu Xiang, Chinese Olympic gold medalist hurdler, announces retirement.而纽约时报的新闻标题则是：Liu Xiang, Chinese Olympic Star, Retires. 除了retire，我们也可以用一个习语hang up ones boots。To hang up ones boots means to permanently stop playing a sport.永久不再从事某项运动。 Former NBA star Stephon Marbury, who plays for the CBAs Beijing Fly Dragons, ends his professional career Sunday after the China Basketball Association wrapped up its regular season. 前美职篮球星、 北京北控翱龙外援马布里在本赛季CBA常规赛最后一轮比赛后结束了自己的职业生涯。 “退役”的说法有很多，还可以用上面例句中的end ones professional career，马布里是篮球运动员，所以他退役就可以说Stephon Marbury retires from basketball。
