out of the race

基本解释

I would count myself out of the race before I was even in it.
我会在比赛之前就催促自己离开比赛。
But dropping out of the race was not an option: he had never quit a marathon.
但是退出比赛并不是他要的选择：他从未放弃过马拉松。
I dropped out of the race to rest my joints and muscles so I wouldn’t further damage them.
相反，我会退出赛跑，让我的关节和肌肉得到休息而不至于造成进一步地损伤。

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.
为了一个种族能生存下来，以灭绝另一个种族为代价。
耶鲁公开课 - 公正课程节选
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.
而这种特性可追溯,至但丁的著名论述《论王权》,探讨君主政权,这设定了一种普遍基督国的模式，根据统一,与独一的人种皆受基督王权的统治。
耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

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