out of the race

基本解釋

I would count myself out of the race before I was even in it.
我會(huì)在比賽之前就催促自己離開比賽。
But dropping out of the race was not an option: he had never quit a marathon.
但是退出比賽并不是他要的選擇：他從未放棄過馬拉松。
I dropped out of the race to rest my joints and muscles so I wouldn’t further damage them.
相反，我會(huì)退出賽跑，讓我的關(guān)節(jié)和肌肉得到休息而不至于造成進(jìn)一步地?fù)p傷。

The House race in upstate New York is getting a lot of attention after the Republican candidate pulled out, leaving a Democrat and a challenger running under the Conservative Party banner.
In order to save one type of race, you wipe out the other.
為了一個(gè)種族能生存下來，以滅絕另一個(gè)種族為代價(jià)。
耶魯公開課 - 公正課程節(jié)選
And this universality was given expression in Dante's famous treatise, De Monarchia, of monarchy, that set out a model for a universal Christian state, based on the unity and oneness of the human race under a Christian ruler.
而這種特性可追溯,至但丁的著名論述《論王權(quán)》,探討君主政權(quán),這設(shè)定了一種普遍基督國的模式，根據(jù)統(tǒng)一,與獨(dú)一的人種皆受基督王權(quán)的統(tǒng)治。
耶魯公開課 - 政治哲學(xué)導(dǎo)論課程節(jié)選

In theory, Mr Tsvangirai's bowing out of the race means another five-year term for Mr Mugabe.
ECONOMIST: Zimbabwe