辞职、下台

    国民党“九合一”选举挫败，党主席马英九昨日在中山会报表示，他将请辞国民党主席。

    Taiwan leader Ma Ying-jeou announced Tuesday he will step down as chairman of the ruling Kuomintang (KMT) party, taking responsibility for the party’s poor showing in recent local elections.

    Ma will submit his official resignation at a meeting of the KMT Central Standing Committee on Wednesday.

    The leader said that, as the KMT chairman, he would like to shoulder the responsibility for the party’s “unprecedented heavy defeat” in the elections held Saturday.

    报道中的step down就是“辞职、下台”。例如：

    He said he would step down when his term ends in September next year.

    他表示明年9月任期结束后下台。