He had to drop out of the race because his leg was injured.
因为他的脚受伤了,他不得不退出比赛。
drop out有退出和退学的意思。
He dropped out of school when he was fifteen.
他15岁时退学了。
如果drop out连成一个单词,写成dropout或drop-out,就变成一个名词,意思是退学生。
His mother doesn't want him to be friends with those dropouts.
他的妈妈不想他和那些退学生交朋友。