名词解释：退役泛指军人(运动员)服满现役或由于别的原因退出军队，一般亦称“退伍”。在义务兵役制下，指军人服现役期满后停止服役，现役军官如有已达服满预备役的最高年龄或伤病残废完全不能服役等情况，可以直接从现役退役，军官退役后，一般保留其原军衔。并在原军衔称号之上加“退役”字样，以示区别。现也泛指竞技体育运动员因年龄身体等原因终止其所从事的体育运动。你知道英语怎么说吗

Yao Ming's management team released an official statement on Saturday afternoon revealing China's most famous basketball player will face the media and public in 10 days' time in his hometown of Shanghai to make a "significant" decision about his future. The announcement came hours after Yahoo! Sports reported the NBA all-star center had decided to quit the game, after nine star-crossed seasons, on Friday night.

According to Yahoo, the veteran had informed the Rockets, the league office in New York and NBA China of his decision to leave the game. And the league's official website published a story headlined: "Rockets' center Yao retires".

周六下午，姚之队发布官方声明，透露中国最著名的篮球运动员姚明将于10天后在家乡上海召开新闻发布会，做未来发展的重要决定。雅虎体育周五晚报道了NBA全明星中锋姚明在经历了9个赛季后决定退役，之后几小时姚之队发布了该声明。

据雅虎报道，姚明已经向火箭队、纽约NBA办公室以及NBA中国发出通知，告知自己退役的决定。而NBA官方网站也发布了题为“火箭队中锋姚明退役”的报道。

【讲解】文中的“quit the game”，“leave the game”和“retire”都指“退役”，名词为“retirement”，如announce Yao’ s retirement(宣布姚明退役)。NBA是National Basketball Association的简称，文中的center是指篮球比赛的中锋，其它一些角色还包括Power Forward (大前锋)，Small Forward(小前锋), Point Guard(控球后卫)，Shooting Guard (得分后卫)。