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本期主题【退出竞选】
Withdraw from the contest
When British Prime Minister David Cameron announced he would step down in the wake of Brexit, former London mayor Boris Johnson, a major figure campaigning for Brexit, appeared to be a likely substitute. But there has been a dramatic shift in power since then: Johnson withdrew from the leadership contest after losing support from his old friend Michael Gove, a Conservative politician and member of Parliament. Gove just launched his own bid for the top job.
英国退欧公投之后，首相卡梅伦宣布了自己的辞职决定，而退欧派的领导人物、前伦敦市长鲍里斯•约翰逊曾被视为可能成为首相的继任者。但是，随后事件发生了戏剧性的转折，在失去老友保守党议员迈克尔•戈夫的支持后，约翰逊选择了退选。戈夫则开启了自己的竞选之路。
马上学：表示“退出竞争或比赛”的短语还包括rule oneself out of the race和quit the race。