retreat [ri'tri:t] US UK

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n. 消退,退却

n. 隐退处

vi. 撤退,退却

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verb

1.
【释义】

ARMY 军队, to move away from the enemy after being defeated in battle

撤退;

【例句】

The rebels retreated to the mountains.

叛乱分子撤退到山里。

【例句】

They were attacked and forced to retreat.

他们受到攻击,被迫撤退。

2.
【释义】

MOVE BACK 后退 [written]

2.1
【释义】

to move away from someone or something

后退; 离开; 退避:

【例句】

He saw her and retreated, too shy to speak to her.

他看到她就躲开了,不好意思跟她讲话。

【例句】

Perry lit the fuse and retreated to a safe distance.

佩里点燃导火线,退至安全距离。

【例句】

It was not a conscious choice to retreat from public life.

退出公众生活并非刻意的选择。

2.2
【释义】

if an area of water, snow, or land retreats, it gradually gets smaller

〔水、雪或土地〕范围缩小:

【例句】

The flood waters are slowly retreating.

洪水正在慢慢退去。

3.
【释义】

CHANGE YOUR MIND 改变主意, [written] to decide not to do something you were planning to do, because it was unpopular or too difficult

撤回(计划):

【例句】

The Canadian government has retreated from a plan to kill 300 wolves.

加拿大政府取消了要杀死 300 头狼的计划。

4.
【释义】

QUIET PLACE 安静的地方, to go away to a place that is quiet or safe

退隐,躲避:

【例句】

After the noise of the city he was glad to retreat to his hotel room.

经历了城市的喧嚣,他乐得躲进酒店的客房里。

5.
【释义】

retreat into yourself / your shell / fantasy etc, to ignore what is happening around you and give all your attention to your private thoughts

陷入沉思/幻想中等

6.
【释义】

FINANCE 金融, [technical] if shares etc retreat, their value falls to a lower level

〔股价〕下挫,下跌

noun

1.
【释义】

OF AN ARMY 军队的, [C,U] a movement away from the enemy after a defeat in battle

撤退;

【例句】

Napoleon's retreat from Moscow

拿破仑从莫斯科的撤退

【例句】

The rebel forces are in full retreat (=retreating very fast) .

叛军全线溃退。

【例句】

The bugler sounded the retreat (=gave a loud signal for retreat) .

号角手吹号撤退。

2.
【释义】

MOVEMENT BACK 后退, [sing., U] a movement away from someone or something

后退; 离开; 退避:

【例句】

Ten thousand years ago the ice began its retreat from Scotland.

一万年以前冰开始从苏格兰消退。

3.
【释义】

beat a retreat, [informal] to leave a place quickly

快速离开:

【例句】

I saw my aunt coming and beat a hasty retreat .

我看到我姨妈来了便赶快离开。

4.
【释义】

CHANGE OF INTENTION 意图的改变, [sing., U] when you change your mind about something because your idea was unpopular or too difficult

〔立场的〕改变,放弃:

【例句】

a retreat from hard-line policies

放弃强硬政策

5.
【释义】

PLACE 地方, [C] a place you can go to that is quiet or safe

静养所,静居所:

【例句】

a country retreat

乡村静居所

6.
【释义】

THOUGHT AND PRAYER 冥想和祈祷, [C,U] a period of time that you spend praying or studying religion in a quiet place

〔宗教的〕静修(期):

【例句】

I spent three weeks on retreat in Scotland.

我在苏格兰静修了三个星期。

7.
【释义】

FINANCE 金融, [sing., U] [technical] a situation in which the value of shares etc falls to a lower level

〔股价的〕下挫,下跌

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