Former UK PM David Cameron has stood down as an MP, triggering a by-election in his Oxfordshire seat of Witney.

前英國(guó)首相大衛(wèi)·卡梅隆辭去議員職務(wù)，促使牛津郡威特尼選區(qū)舉行遞補(bǔ)選舉。

Mr Cameron, 49, who resigned as prime minister after June's EU referendum, said he did not want to be a "distraction" for new PM Theresa May.

49歲的卡梅隆先生于6月英國(guó)脫歐公投后辭去首相職務(wù)，（這次）他表示自己不想“干擾”新首相特麗莎·梅。

He said Mrs May had "got off to a cracking start", while she praised his "great strides" on social reform.

他說(shuō)，梅夫人“創(chuàng)造了一個(gè)精彩的開端”，而梅夫人也稱贊了卡梅隆在社會(huì)變革上為英國(guó)帶來(lái)的“巨大發(fā)展”。

Speaking in his constituency, he said it had been a "great honour" to be an MP for the area, but said it would be difficult for him to remain on the backbenches without becoming "a big distraction and a big diversion" from the work of the new government.

他在選區(qū)的演講中表示，能夠成為這個(gè)地區(qū)的議員是“莫大的榮幸”，但是，對(duì)他來(lái)說(shuō)，繼續(xù)作為普通議員而不成為新政府工作中的“巨大干擾”會(huì)有些困難。

He denied his announcement was related to the government's moves towards allowing new grammar schools, a policy he rejected as PM.

他否認(rèn)了自己辭職與政府允許建立新文法學(xué)校的政策有關(guān)，在他任職首相期間，他曾駁回過(guò)這個(gè)政策。

He said the timing was coincidental, adding that there were "many good things" in the proposed education reforms.

他表示這只是一個(gè)巧合，并補(bǔ)充道，在（新政府）提出的教育改革中還是有“許多不錯(cuò)的建議”的。

"Obviously I'm going to have my own views about different issues," he said.

他說(shuō)，“顯然，對(duì)于不同的問(wèn)題，我會(huì)有自己的看法。”

"People would know that and that's really the point. As a former prime minister it is very difficult, I think, to sit as a backbencher and not be an enormous diversion and distraction from what the government is doing."

“大家會(huì)明白這很關(guān)鍵。我認(rèn)為，作為前首相，去當(dāng)一名普通議員，而不給新政府的工作帶來(lái)巨大干擾是非常困難的。”

Friends say that David Cameron's decision has not been made in a fit of pique, he has not merely flounced out because he doesn't like what his successor is doing.

朋友們說(shuō)，大衛(wèi)·卡梅隆不是因?yàn)橐粫r(shí)賭氣而做出這個(gè)決定，他不是僅僅因?yàn)椴幌矚g繼任者的做法就突然辭職。

But there was a "very real danger", particularly because he does not support the UK leaving the European Union, that anything he said, any comment he made could "drive a real wedge" between him and the government which could make life harder for Theresa May.

但（他繼續(xù)留任的話）會(huì)有“非�，F(xiàn)實(shí)的威脅”，尤其是他不支持英國(guó)脫歐，因此他說(shuō)的任何話、發(fā)表的任何評(píng)論都有可能在他和政府之間“引起真正的隔閡”，這會(huì)使特麗莎·梅很難辦。

It is not that surprising that the man who used to be in charge has decided to go.

這位曾經(jīng)執(zhí)政的男人作出這個(gè)決定并不那么令人驚訝。

Ex-Chancellor George Osborne said he was sorry his "great friend" was stepping down.

前財(cái)政大臣喬治·奧斯本表示，他的“知己”要退出政壇，他覺(jué)得很遺憾。