“退役”英語怎麼說

名詞解釋：退役泛指軍人(運動員)服滿現役或由於別的原因退出軍隊，一般亦稱“退伍”。在義務兵役制下，指軍人服現役期滿後停止服役，現役軍官如有已達服滿預備役的最高年齡或傷病殘廢完全不能服役等情況，可以直接從現役退役，軍官退役後，一般保留其原軍銜。並在原軍銜稱號之上加“退役”字樣，以示區別。現也泛指競技體育運動員因年齡身體等原因終止其所從事的體育運動。你知道英語怎麼說嗎

Yao Ming's management team released an official statement on Saturday afternoon revealing China's most famous basketball player will face the media and public in 10 days' time in his hometown of Shanghai to make a "significant" decision about his future. The announcement came hours after Yahoo! Sports reported the NBA all-star center had decided to quit the game, after nine star-crossed seasons, on Friday night.

According to Yahoo, the veteran had informed the Rockets, the league office in New York and NBA China of his decision to leave the game. And the league's official website published a story headlined: "Rockets' center Yao retires".

週六下午，姚之隊發佈官方聲明，透露中國最著名的籃球運動員姚明將於10天后在家鄉上海召開新聞發佈會，做未來發展的重要決定。雅虎體育週五晚報道了NBA全明星中鋒姚明在經歷了9個賽季後決定退役，之後幾小時姚之隊發佈了該聲明。

據雅虎報道，姚明已經向火箭隊、紐約NBA辦公室以及NBA中國發出通知，告知自己退役的決定。而NBA官方網站也發佈了題爲“火箭隊中鋒姚明退役”的報道。

【講解】文中的“quit the game”，“leave the game”和“retire”都指“退役”，名詞爲“retirement”，如announce Yao’ s retirement(宣佈姚明退役)。NBA是National Basketball Association的簡稱，文中的center是指籃球比賽的中鋒，其它一些角色還包括Power Forward (大前鋒)，Small Forward(小前鋒), Point Guard(控球后衛)，Shooting Guard (得分後衛)。